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Comment: updated citation section with the publication of the era5-complete CDS catalogue entry

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How to acknowledge, cite and refer to ERA5


For If you have downloaded ERA5 data on the "CDS disks" All users of data on the Climate Data Store (CDS) disks (and/or downloaded ERA5 data in MARS, using either the web interface or the CDS API ('reanalysis-era5-complete' or'reanalysis-era5.1-complete') or via authorised direct access to MARS, please follow the instructions below:

All users of ERA5 data must provide clear and visible attribution to the Copernicus programme and are asked to cite and reference the dataset provider:

Step 1: Acknowledge according to the licence to use Copernicus Products.

Step 2: Provide clear and visible attribution to the Copernicus program using the CDS web catalogue entry citation (see link to "Citation" under References on the Overview page of the dataset entry and use the citation under "Citing the web catalogue entry"). Note that a catalogue entry for ERA5-complete and ERA5.1 is now also available in the CDS.

Step 3: Cite each dataset used as indicated on the relevant CDS entries (see link to "Citation" under References on the Overview page of the dataset entry and use the citation under "Citing the data").

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For complete details, please refer to How to acknowledge and cite a Climate Data Store (CDS) catalogue entry and the data published as part of it.

For ERA5 data in MARS,

If you have downloaded ERA5 data in MARS, using either the CDS API ('reanalysis-era5-complete' or 'reanalysis-era5.1-complete' or 'reanalysis-era5-complete-preliminary-back-extension') or via authorised direct access to MARS, please use the relevant citation below:

  • ERA5 Complete ('reanalysis-era5-complete')

Hersbach, H., Bell, B., Berrisford, P., Hirahara, S., Horányi, A., Muñoz‐Sabater, J., Nicolas, J., Peubey, C., Radu, R., Schepers, D., Simmons, A., Soci, C., Abdalla, S., Abellan, X., Balsamo, G., Bechtold, P., Biavati, G., Bidlot, J., Bonavita, M., De Chiara, G., Dahlgren, P., Dee, D., Diamantakis, M., Dragani, R., Flemming, J., Forbes, R., Fuentes, M., Geer, A., Haimberger, L., Healy, S., Hogan, R.J., Hólm, E., Janisková, M., Keeley, S., Laloyaux, P., Lopez, P., Lupu, C., Radnoti, G., de Rosnay, P., Rozum, I., Vamborg, F., Villaume, S., Thépaut, J-N. (2017): Complete ERA5 from 1940: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Data Store (CDS).  (Accessed on DD-MMM-YYYY)

  • ERA5 Complete preliminary back extension ('reanalysis-era5-complete-preliminary-back-extension')

Bell, B., Hersbach, H., Berrisford, P., Dahlgren, P., Horányi, A., Muñoz Sabater, J., Nicolas, J., Radu, R., Schepers, D., Simmons, A., Soci, C., Thépaut, J-N. (2021): ERA5 Complete Preliminary: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate from 1950 to 1978 (preliminary version). Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Data Store (CDS).  (Accessed on DD-MMM-YYYY) 

  • ERA5.1 ('reanalysis-era5.1-complete'):

Simmons, A., Soci, C., Nicolas, J., Bell, B., Berrisford, P., Dragani, R., Flemming, J., Haimberger, L., Healy, S., Hersbach, H., Horányi, A., Inness, A., Munoz-Sabater, J., Radu, R., Schepers, D. (2020): ERA5.1: Rerun of the Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate (2000-2006 only). Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Data Store (CDS). (Accessed on DD-MMM-YYYY)

References

The ERA5 global reanalysis

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