ERA-20C is a climate reanalysis dataset covering the period 1900 to 2010.
ERA-20C assimilates observations of surface pressure and surface marine winds only. It is an outcome of the ERA-CLIM project.
For further details please see the ECMWF product page.
Known issues
Currently there are no known issues with ERA-20C.
Data access
Data is archived at ECMWF and available for download from ECMWF data services.
References:
- Laloyaux, P., Balmaseda, M., Dee, D., Mogensen, K. and Janssen, P. (2016), A coupled data assimilation system for climate reanalysis. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 142: 65-78. doi:10.1002/qj.2629
- Laloyaux, P., de Boisséson, E., Dahlgren, P. (2016), CERA-20C: An Earth system approach to climate reanalysis. ECMWF newsletter, 150: 25-30. doi:10.21957/ffs36birj2
- Additional references available from the ECMWF e-Library
