NCEP daily 2.5 degree reanalysis
zonal wind
dods://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/Reanalysis_Data/NCEP/NCEP/daily/pressure/uwnd

meridional wind
dods://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/Reanalysis_Data/NCEP/NCEP/daily/pressure/vwnd

geopotential height
dods://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/Reanalysis_Data/NCEP/NCEP/daily/pressure/hgt

air temperature (deg Kelvin)
dods://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/Reanalysis_Data/NCEP/NCEP/daily/pressure/air

vertical velocity
dods://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/Reanalysis_Data/NCEP/NCEP/daily/pressure/omega



For NASA MERRA-2 reanalysis 
dods://goldsmr5.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/M2I3NPASM

For NASA aerosol optical depth (monthly)
dods://goldsmr4.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/M2IMNXGAS

For NASA aerosol optical depth (hourly)
dods://goldsmr4.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/M2T1NXAER

For NASA precipitable water
dods://goldsmr2.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dods/MAI1NXINT
dods://goldsmr2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/MAI1NXINT (ends feb 2016)
dods://goldsmr4.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/M2I1NXASM  (TPW)

For NASA GPM rainfall estimates:
dods://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/GPM_3IMERGHH.05
dods://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/hyrax/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGHH.05

For NASA TRMM rainfall estimates:
dods://disc2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/TRMM_RT/TRMM_3B42RT.7





surface dust concentration
dods://goldsmr4.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/M2TMNXAER