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Gridded historical reanalysis weather/climate data

Description:

THe ERA5 dataset was (is) produced using data assimilation that combines all available atmosphere/ocean/land observations. The ERA5 dataset contains one (31 km) high resolution realisation (HRES) and a reduced resolution ten member ensemble (EDA). Generally, the data are available at a sub-daily and monthly frequency and consist of analyses and short (18 hour) forecasts, initialised twice daily from analyses at 06 and 18 UTC. Most analysed parameters are also available from the forecasts. There are a number of forecast parameters, e.g. mean rates and accumulations, that are not available from the analyses.

Further overviews of this dataset are available at: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2019/new-era5-dataset-provides-weather-and-climate-details-back-1979

Last Updated:
2019
Primary Developer:
ECMWF
Timeframe:
1950 to 2019

Spatial Resolution:
31km

Temporal Resolution:
3-hourly

Spatial Extent:
Global
Climate Parameters:
  • maximum temperature
  • minimum temperature
  • total precipitation
  • humidity
  • wind
  • cloud
  • radiation

Approximate Dataset Volume/Primary Format:
~1 PB/GRIB*
(*data available in subsets of full volume) GB=gigabyte TB=terabyte

Usage:

None at present.

Website:
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5


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