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Introduction
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ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. It covers the period from January 1950 to the present with hourly
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sampling and continues to be extended forward with 5 days behind real time.
The ERA5-Land Analysis Ready Cloud Optimised (ARCO) data on single levels
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presented here is a subset of
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some parameters
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of the full Climate Data Store (CDS) ERA5-Land single levels hourly dataset
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Introduction
ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. It covers the period from January 1950 to the present with hourly sampling and continues to be extended forward with 5 days behind real time.
This dataset presented here is a subset of some parameters of the full CDS ERA5-Land single levels hourly dataset on 0.1 degrees resolution and is stored in Analysis Ready Cloud Optimised (ARCO) format, which has been implemented for retrieving long time-series for a single point in an efficient way. on 0.1 degrees resolution and is stored in a ARCO format. It allows direct access to a subset of the surface variables (see below) without downloading individual files, enabling efficient and scalable data access and retrieval. The ARCO format has a dual-chunking approach which means that data access can be optimised for retrieving long-time periods for a limited area (geo-chunked) or short-time period for large areas (time-chunked).
Methodology
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The process to generate this dataset involves:
Jupyter notebook demonstrating the procedure to de-accumulate the dataDe-accumulation is the process of substracting to each hourly time sample its previous sample so that the final value expresses only the magnitude for that hour, and not for that hour plus the previous ones. The process takes into account the accumulation period of 24 hours, so that the first sample of every period is left as it is.
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Data organization and access
The ARCO data is stored as Zarr datacubes.
The data is now available from the Climate Data Store (CDS), either interactively through its download web form or programmatically using the CDS API service:
ERA5-Land hourly time-series data on single levels from 1950 to present.
Spatial grid
The atmospheric parameters have a grid resolution of 0.1 degrees.
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Data organization and access
The ARCO data is stored as Zarr datacubes to provide efficient access to time-chunked and geo-chunked ERA5-Land data:
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Access to ARCO data is programmatic; therefore, users of these resources and this documentation are expected to have some relevant programming experience. |
The Zarr datacubes can be accessed using your CDS API key. Below is a simple plug-and-play code snippet and a more detailed Jupyter Notebook example. For more detailed and advanced access examples, please refer to the main Analysis Ready Cloud Optimised (ARCO) Data.
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import xarray as xr
# Geo-chunked data for access optimised along the time dimension (e.g. for time-series at a single point)
# Surface
# Surface
2m_temperature_geo_url = "https://arco.datastores.ecmwf.int/cadl-arco-geo-007/arco/reanalysis_era5_land/sfc-2m-temperature/geoChunked.zarr"
# Time-chunked data for access optimised along the space dimension (e.g. short-time period for large areas)
# Surface
2m_temperature_time_url = "https://arco.datastores.ecmwf.int/cadl-arco-time-007/arco/reanalysis_era5_land/sfc-2m-temperature/timeChunked.zarr"
# Open one of the Zarr objects with xarray, the default example opens the geo-chunked surface variables
ds = xr.open_zarr(
surface_geo_url,
consolidated=True,
storage_options={
"headers": {"Authorization": f"Bearer <CDS-API-KEY>"}
}
)
# Inspect the variables
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Time-series access via the CDS
The ERA5 Land hourly time-series data from 1950 to present catalogue entry allows users to download long time series for a single-point or limited area via the CDS download webform or a CDS API request that users can build from the webform. The data download via the time-series entry is as described below with additional aspects:
Note Please be aware when you select a "Location" on the form, the latitude and longitude values are rounded to the closest
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Temporal frequency
Temporal frequency of the data is hourly and every day has 24 hourly steps.
Data format
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neighborhood point of the 0.1 degrees grid. Similarly, selecting an “Area” returns all points within the region defined by the nearest neighborhood corner points to the user-specified S, W, N, and E latitude/longitude values (maximum 5° x 5°).
- The download form allows users to select a choice of netCDF or CSV. The conversion is done directly with xarray with no additional processing from the Zarr description above.
- Given the computational cost of writing to csv, users are limited to smaller downloads with this option.
- Parameters are stored in groups to ensure a proper access performance. The number of NetCDF files downloaded will be equal to total number of groups of all the parameters selected. Users can check
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- the groups in the Parameters listings section below. The file naming convention is: reanalysis-era5-land-timeseries-sfc-groupnamerandomcharacters.[nc|csv]
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Spatial grid
The atmospheric parameters have a grid resolution of 0.1 degrees.
Temporal frequency
Temporal frequency of the data is hourly and every day has 24 hourly steps.
The file naming convention is:
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Data update frequency
ERA5-Land is updated on a daily basis. New daily data in ERA5-Land becomes available in ERA5-Land hourly time-series in a few hours.
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Variations in delivery times may occur due to the non-operational nature of this CDS service, as issues may arise which cause delays. |
Parameters listings
Table 1 below lists Tables below list the different groups for the surface and single level parameters (levtype=sfc).
Table 1: surface and single level parameters (instantaneous and accumulations)Anchor table1 table1
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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1 | 2 metre temperature | K | 2m_temperature | 2m temperature | |
| 2 | 2 metre dewpoint temperature | K | 2m_dewpoint_temperature | 2m temperature |
Table 2: Pressure and precipitation (instantaneous and accumulations)Anchor table2 table2
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| 3 | Total precipitation | m | total_precipitation | De-accumulated |
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| 4 | Surface pressure | Pa | surface_pressure | Pressure and precipitation |
Table 3: Wind (instantaneous)Anchor table3 table3
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| 5 | 10 metre V wind component | m s**-1 | 10m_v_component_of_wind | Wind |
| 6 | 10 metre U wind component | m s**-1 |
| 10m_u_component_of_wind | Wind |
Table 4: Radiation and heat (accumulations)Anchor table4 table4
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| 7 | Surface solar radiation downwards | J m**-2 | surface_solar_radiation_downwards | De-accumulated | Radiation and heat |
| 8 | Surface thermal |
| radiation downwards | J m**-2 |
| surface_thermal_radiation_downwards | De-accumulated | Radiation and heat |
Table 5: Skin temperature (instantaneous)Anchor table5 table5
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| 9 | Skin temperature | K | skin_temperature | Skin temperature |
Table 6: Soil water (instantaneous)Anchor table6 table6
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| Volumetric soil water layer 1 | m**3 m**-3 | volumetric_soil_water_layer_1 | Soil water |
| 11 | Volumetric soil water layer 2 | m**3 m**-3 | volumetric_soil_water_layer_2 | Soil water |
| 12 | Volumetric soil water layer 3 | m**3 m**-3 | volumetric_soil_water_layer_3 | Soil water |
| 13 | Volumetric soil water layer 4 | m**3 m**-3 | volumetric_soil_water_layer_ |
| 4 | Soil water |
Table 7: Soil temperature (instantaneous)Anchor table7 table7
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| 14 | Soil temperature level 1 | K | soil_temperature_level_1 | Soil temperature | |
| 15 | Soil temperature level 2 | K | soil_temperature_level_2 | Soil temperature | |
| 16 | Soil temperature level 3 | K | soil_temperature_level_3 | Soil temperature | |
| 17 | Soil temperature level 4 | K | soil_temperature_level_4 | Soil temperature |
Table 8: Snow (instantaneous)Anchor table8 table8
| Count | Name | Units | Variable name | Notes | Group |
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| 18 | Snow cover | % | snow_cover | Snow | |
| 19 | Snow depth | m | snow_depth | Snow |
Known issues
Please refer to the ERA5-Land documentation.
References
Further ERA5 references are available from the ECMWF website.
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This document has been produced in the context of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The activities leading to these results have been contracted by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, operator of C3S on behalf of the European Union (Delegation Agreement signed on 11/11/2014 and Contribution Agreement signed on 22/07/2021). All information in this document is provided "as is" and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The users thereof use the information at their sole risk and liability. For the avoidance of all doubt , the European Commission and the European Centre for Medium - Range Weather Forecasts have no liability in respect of this document, which is merely representing the author's view. |
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