ERA5 deterministic? ensemble included? 


  1. System

System name (version)ERA5
Date of implementation2016

41r2 (2016)?


2. Configuration


Earth system components included in the analysis system

(e.g., ocean, sea-ice, land, etc.)


Horizontal resolution of the model, with indication of grid spacing in km

(for the different Earth system component included in the model)

TL639, 31 km atmosphere

0.36o ocean waves

Number of levels in the different Earth system components

(for the different Earth system component included in the model)

137 levels in the atmosphere
Frequency of the outputs1-hourly
Top of the atmospheric model

1 Pa

Number of analysis cycle per day2
Earliest start date1 January 1940
Integration time step
Length and frequency of the longest forecast
Dataset latency

ERA5T 5 days behind real time (preliminary product)

ERA5 2–3 months (final product)

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3. Analysis system
Data assimilation method4D-Var
Length of the analysis window12 hours
Number of ensemble members and their resolution

Additional comments:


4. Externally prescribed boundary conditions and their source


Sea surface temperature

January 1949–December 1960, HadISST2.1.0.0 (monthly), 0.25 x 0.25

January 1961–August 2007, HadISST2.1.1.0 (pentad), 0.25 x 0.25

September 2007 onwards, OSTIA, 0.05 x 0.05

Sea-ice

January 1949–December 1960, HadISST2.0.0.0, 0.25 x 0.25

January 1961–December 1978, HadISST2.0.0.0, 0.25 x 0.25

January 1979–August 2007, OSI SAF (409a), 0.25 x 0.25

September 2007 onwards, OSI SAF oper 0.05 x 0.05

Snow
Vegetation
Land use (and its evolution in time)
Aerosols
Green House Gases
Solar forcingCMIP5

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5. Details of model
Dynamical core (e.g., semi-Lagrangian)
Grid structureTL639
Hydrostatic or nonhydrostatic
Radiations parameterization


Boundary layer parameterization
Convection parameterization
Cloud parameterization
Land surface parameterization

HTESSEL

Other relevant details:

Soil moisture DA: SEKF

Snow DA: 2D-OI

Radiative transfer model: RTTOVv11



6. Further information
Operational contact point
URL of the technical note/ reference paper

Hersbach et al. (2020) https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/qj.3803

DOI: 10.1002/qj.3803

URL for list of products



7. Observational data used
URL with the list of observational data used in the reanalysis
DOI of data product if available


Other sources for data access, if available