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import cdsapi
c = cdsapi.Client()
c.retrieve('reanalysis-era5-complete', {
'class': 'ea',
'date': '2021-01-01',
'expver': '1',
'levelist':'1/to/137',
'levtype': 'ml',
'param': '130/152',
'step': '0',
'stream': 'oper',
'time': '00/to/06/by/1',
'type': 'an',
'grid': '1.0/1.0'
}, 'output_00_06_130_152_1x1.grib') |
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where Re is the radius of the Earth, and h is the Geopotential height. This geometric height is relative to the geoid (over ocean, mean sea level is assumed to be coincident with the geoid) and it is assumed that the Earth is a perfect sphere - for more information see ERA5: data documentation - spatial reference systems.
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