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  1. ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present

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    ECMWF (2025). ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161bac
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    Jul 12, 2025
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    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastshttp://ecmwf.int/
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    ECMWF
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1950 - Jul 6, 2025
    Description

    ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. ERA5-Land uses as input to control the simulated land fields ERA5 atmospheric variables, such as air temperature and air humidity. This is called the atmospheric forcing. Without the constraint of the atmospheric forcing, the model-based estimates can rapidly deviate from reality. Therefore, while observations are not directly used in the production of ERA5-Land, they have an indirect influence through the atmospheric forcing used to run the simulation. In addition, the input air temperature, air humidity and pressure used to run ERA5-Land are corrected to account for the altitude difference between the grid of the forcing and the higher resolution grid of ERA5-Land. This correction is called 'lapse rate correction'.
    The ERA5-Land dataset, as any other simulation, provides estimates which have some degree of uncertainty. Numerical models can only provide a more or less accurate representation of the real physical processes governing different components of the Earth System. In general, the uncertainty of model estimates grows as we go back in time, because the number of observations available to create a good quality atmospheric forcing is lower. ERA5-land parameter fields can currently be used in combination with the uncertainty of the equivalent ERA5 fields. The temporal and spatial resolutions of ERA5-Land makes this dataset very useful for all kind of land surface applications such as flood or drought forecasting. The temporal and spatial resolution of this dataset, the period covered in time, as well as the fixed grid used for the data distribution at any period enables decisions makers, businesses and individuals to access and use more accurate information on land states.

  2. era5-land

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    Updated Oct 2, 2022
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    Open Climate Fix (2022). era5-land [Dataset]. https://huggingface.co/datasets/openclimatefix/era5-land
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    Oct 2, 2022
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    Open Climate Fix Limited
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    Open Climate Fix
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    MIT Licensehttps://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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    Description

    This dataset is comprised of ECMWF ERA5-Land data covering 2014 to October 2022. This data is on a 0.1 degree grid and has fewer variables than the standard ERA5-reanalysis, but at a higher resolution. All the data has been downloaded as NetCDF files from the Copernicus Data Store and converted to Zarr using Xarray, then uploaded here. Each file is one day, and holds 24 timesteps.

  3. ECMWF Reanalysis v5 - Land

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    Updated Dec 31, 1969
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    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (1969). ECMWF Reanalysis v5 - Land [Dataset]. https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/dataset/ecmwf-reanalysis-v5-land
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 31, 1969
    Dataset authored and provided by
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastshttp://ecmwf.int/
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    developed by C3S at ECMWF

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    ERA5 Land surface temperature daily average

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    (2022). ERA5 Land surface temperature daily average [Dataset]. https://data.opendatascience.eu/geonetwork/srv/search?keyword=climate
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    May 4, 2022
    Description

    Overview: era5.copernicus: surface temperature daily averages from 2000 to 2020 resampled with CHELSA to 1 km resolution Traceability (lineage): The data sources used to generate this dataset are ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present (Copernicus Climate Data Store) and CHELSA monthly climatologies. Scientific methodology: The methodology used for downscaling follows established procedures as used by e.g. Worldclim and CHELSA. Usability: The substantial improvement of the spatial resolution together with the high temporal resolution of one day further improve the usability of the original ERA5 Land time series product which is useful for all kind of land surface applications such as flood or drought forecasting. The temporal and spatial resolution of this dataset, the period covered in time, as well as the fixed grid used for the data distribution at any period enables decisions makers, businesses and individuals to access and use more accurate information on land states. Uncertainty quantification: The ERA5-Land dataset, as any other simulation, provides estimates which have some degree of uncertainty. Numerical models can only provide a more or less accurate representation of the real physical processes governing different components of the Earth System. In general, the uncertainty of model estimates grows as we go back in time, because the number of observations available to create a good quality atmospheric forcing is lower. ERA5-land parameter fields can currently be used in combination with the uncertainty of the equivalent ERA5 fields. Data validation approaches: Validation of the ERA5 Land ddataset against multiple in-situ datasets is presented in the reference paper (Muñoz-Sabater et al., 2021). Completeness: The dataset covers the entire Geo-harmonizer region as defined by the landmask raster dataset. However, some small islands might be missing if there are no data in the original ERA5 Land dataset. Consistency: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Positional accuracy: 1 km spatial resolution Temporal accuracy: Daily maps for the years 2020-2020. Thematic accuracy: The raster values represent minimum, mean, and maximum daily surface temperature in degrees Celsius x 10.

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    Monthly time series of spatially enhanced relative humidity for Europe at...

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    (2022). Monthly time series of spatially enhanced relative humidity for Europe at 1000 m resolution (2000 - 2022) derived from ERA5-Land data [Dataset]. https://data.mundialis.de/geonetwork/srv/search?resolution=1000%20m
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    Dec 15, 2022
    Description

    Overview: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Processing steps: The original hourly ERA5-Land air temperature 2 m above ground and dewpoint temperature 2 m data has been spatially enhanced from 0.1 degree to 30 arc seconds (approx. 1000 m) spatial resolution by image fusion with CHELSA data (V1.2) (https://chelsa-climate.org/). For each day we used the corresponding monthly long-term average of CHELSA. The aim was to use the fine spatial detail of CHELSA and at the same time preserve the general regional pattern and fine temporal detail of ERA5-Land. The steps included aggregation and enhancement, specifically: 1. spatially aggregate CHELSA to the resolution of ERA5-Land 2. calculate difference of ERA5-Land - aggregated CHELSA 3. interpolate differences with a Gaussian filter to 30 arc seconds. 4. add the interpolated differences to CHELSA Subsequently, the temperature time series have been aggregated on a daily basis. From these, daily relative humidity has been calculated for the time period 01/2000 - 12/2023. Relative humidity (rh2m) has been calculated from air temperature 2 m above ground (Ta) and dewpoint temperature 2 m above ground (Td) using the formula for saturated water pressure from Wright (1997): maximum water pressure = 611.21 * exp(17.502 * Ta / (240.97 + Ta)) actual water pressure = 611.21 * exp(17.502 * Td / (240.97 + Td)) relative humidity = actual water pressure / maximum water pressure The resulting relative humidity has been aggregated to monthly averages. Resultant values have been converted to represent percent * 10, thus covering a theoretical range of [0, 1000]. The data have been reprojected to EU LAEA. File naming scheme (YYYY = year; MM = month): ERA5_land_rh2m_avg_monthly_YYYY_MM.tif Projection + EPSG code: EU LAEA (EPSG: 3035) Spatial extent: north: 6874000 south: -485000 west: 869000 east: 8712000 Spatial resolution: 1000 m Temporal resolution: Monthly Pixel values: Percent * 10 (scaled to Integer; example: value 738 = 73.8 %) Software used: GDAL 3.2.2 and GRASS GIS 8.0.0/8.3.2 Original ERA5-Land dataset license: https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/licences/copernicus/ CHELSA climatologies (V1.2): Data used: Karger D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E, Linder, H.P., Kessler, M. (2018): Data from: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Dryad digital repository. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5061/dryad.kd1d4 Original peer-reviewed publication: Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017): Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122 Processed by: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (https://www.mundialis.de/) Reference: Wright, J.M. (1997): Federal meteorological handbook no. 3 (FCM-H3-1997). Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research. Washington, DC Data is also available in Latitude-Longitude/WGS84 (EPSG: 4326) projection: https://data.mundialis.de/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/b9ce7dba-4130-428d-96f0-9089d8b9f4a5 Acknowledgements: This study was partially funded by EU grant 874850 MOOD. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and don't necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.

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    ERA5-Land daily: Surface temperature (2000 - 2020)

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    (2022). ERA5-Land daily: Surface temperature (2000 - 2020) [Dataset]. https://data.opendatascience.eu/geonetwork/srv/search?keyword=surface%20temperature
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    Jul 11, 2022
    Description

    Overview: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Surface temperature: Temperature of the surface of the Earth. The skin temperature is the theoretical temperature that is required to satisfy the surface energy balance. It represents the temperature of the uppermost surface layer, which has no heat capacity and so can respond instantaneously to changes in surface fluxes. The original ERA5-Land dataset (period: 2000 - 2020) has been reprocessed to: - aggregate ERA5-Land hourly data to daily data (minimum, mean, maximum) - while increasing the spatial resolution from the native ERA5-Land resolution of 0.1 degree (~ 9 km) to 30 arc-sec (~ 1 km) by image fusion with CHELSA data (V1.2) (https://chelsa-climate.org/). For each day we used the corresponding monthly long-term average of CHELSA. The aim was to use the fine spatial detail of CHELSA and at the same time preserve the general regional pattern and fine temporal detail of ERA5-Land. The steps included aggregation and enhancement, specifically: 1. spatially aggregate CHELSA to the resolution of ERA5-Land 2. calculate difference of ERA5-Land - aggregated CHELSA 3. interpolate differences with a Gaussian filter to 30 arc seconds 4. add the interpolated differences to CHELSA Data available is the daily average, minimum and maximum of surface temperature. Software used: GDAL 3.2.2 and GRASS GIS 8.0.0 (r.resamp.stats -w; r.relief) Original ERA5-Land dataset license: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/terms/static/licence-to-use-copernicus-products.pdf CHELSA climatologies (V1.2): Data used: Karger D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E, Linder, H.P., Kessler, M. (2018): Data from: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Dryad digital repository. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5061/dryad.kd1d4 Original peer-reviewed publication: Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017): Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122

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    ERA5-Land daily: Air temperature at 2 meter above surface (2000 - 2020)

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    Updated May 13, 2021
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    (2021). ERA5-Land daily: Air temperature at 2 meter above surface (2000 - 2020) [Dataset]. https://data.opendatascience.eu/geonetwork/srv/search?keyword=air%20temperature
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    Description

    Overview: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Air temperature (2 m): Temperature of air at 2m above the surface of land, sea or in-land waters. 2m temperature is calculated by interpolating between the lowest model level and the Earth's surface, taking account of the atmospheric conditions. The original ERA5-Land dataset (period: 2000 - 2020) has been reprocessed to: - aggregate ERA5-Land hourly data to daily data (minimum, mean, maximum) - while increasing the spatial resolution from the native ERA5-Land resolution of 0.1 degree (~ 9 km) to 30 arc seconds (~ 1 km) by image fusion with CHELSA data (V1.2) (https://chelsa-climate.org/). For each day we used the corresponding monthly long-term average of CHELSA. The aim was to use the fine spatial detail of CHELSA and at the same time preserve the general regional pattern and fine temporal detail of ERA5-Land. The steps included aggregation and enhancement, specifically: 1. spatially aggregate CHELSA to the resolution of ERA5-Land 2. calculate difference of ERA5-Land - aggregated CHELSA 3. interpolate differences with a Gaussian filter to 30 arc seconds 4. add the interpolated differences to CHELSA Data available is the daily average, minimum and maximum of air temperature (2 m). Spatial resolution: 30 arc seconds (approx. 1000 m) Temporal resolution: Daily Pixel values: °C * 10 (scaled to Integer; example: value 238 = 23.8 %) Software used: GDAL 3.2.2 and GRASS GIS 8.0.0 (r.resamp.stats -w; r.relief) Original ERA5-Land dataset license: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/terms/static/licence-to-use-copernicus-products.pdf CHELSA climatologies (V1.2): Data used: Karger D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E, Linder, H.P., Kessler, M. (2018): Data from: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Dryad digital repository. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5061/dryad.kd1d4 Original peer-reviewed publication: Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017): Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122

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    ERA5 Land air temperature daily average

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    Updated May 4, 2022
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    (2022). ERA5 Land air temperature daily average [Dataset]. https://data.opendatascience.eu/geonetwork/srv/search?keyword=climate
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    May 4, 2022
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    Overview: era5.copernicus: air temperature daily averages from 2000 to 2020 resampled with CHELSA to 1 km resolution Traceability (lineage): The data sources used to generate this dataset are ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present (Copernicus Climate Data Store) and CHELSA monthly climatologies. Scientific methodology: The methodology used for downscaling follows established procedures as used by e.g. Worldclim and CHELSA. Usability: The substantial improvement of the spatial resolution together with the high temporal resolution of one day further improve the usability of the original ERA5 Land time series product which is useful for all kind of land surface applications such as flood or drought forecasting. The temporal and spatial resolution of this dataset, the period covered in time, as well as the fixed grid used for the data distribution at any period enables decisions makers, businesses and individuals to access and use more accurate information on land states. Uncertainty quantification: The ERA5-Land dataset, as any other simulation, provides estimates which have some degree of uncertainty. Numerical models can only provide a more or less accurate representation of the real physical processes governing different components of the Earth System. In general, the uncertainty of model estimates grows as we go back in time, because the number of observations available to create a good quality atmospheric forcing is lower. ERA5-land parameter fields can currently be used in combination with the uncertainty of the equivalent ERA5 fields. Data validation approaches: Validation of the ERA5 Land ddataset against multiple in-situ datasets is presented in the reference paper (Muñoz-Sabater et al., 2021). Completeness: The dataset covers the entire Geo-harmonizer region as defined by the landmask raster dataset. However, some small islands might be missing if there are no data in the original ERA5 Land dataset. Consistency: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Positional accuracy: 1 km spatial resolution Temporal accuracy: Daily maps for the years 2020-2020. Thematic accuracy: The raster values represent minimum, mean, and maximum daily air temperature 2m above ground in degrees Celsius x 10.

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    ERA5-Land weekly: Total precipitation, weekly time series for Europe at 1 km...

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    (2024). ERA5-Land weekly: Total precipitation, weekly time series for Europe at 1 km resolution (2016 - 2020) [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6559048
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    Overview: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Total precipitation: Accumulated liquid and frozen water, including rain and snow, that falls to the Earth's surface. It is the sum of large-scale precipitation (that precipitation which is generated by large-scale weather patterns, such as troughs and cold fronts) and convective precipitation (generated by convection which occurs when air at lower levels in the atmosphere is warmer and less dense than the air above, so it rises). Precipitation variables do not include fog, dew or the precipitation that evaporates in the atmosphere before it lands at the surface of the Earth. This variable is accumulated from the beginning of the forecast time to the end of the forecast step. The units of precipitation are depth in metres. It is the depth the water would have if it were spread evenly over the grid box. Care should be taken when comparing model variables with observations, because observations are often local to a particular point in space and time, rather than representing averages over a model grid box and model time step. Processing steps: The original hourly ERA5-Land data has been spatially enhanced from 0.1 degree to 30 arc seconds (approx. 1000 m) spatial resolution by image fusion with CHELSA data (V1.2) (https://chelsa-climate.org/). For each day we used the corresponding monthly long-term average of CHELSA. The aim was to use the fine spatial detail of CHELSA and at the same time preserve the general regional pattern and fine temporal detail of ERA5-Land. The steps included aggregation and enhancement, specifically: 1. spatially aggregate CHELSA to the resolution of ERA5-Land 2. calculate proportion of ERA5-Land / aggregated CHELSA 3. interpolate proportion with a Gaussian filter to 30 arc seconds 4. multiply the interpolated proportions with CHELSA Using proportions ensures that areas without precipitation remain areas without precipitation. Only if there was actual precipitation in a given area, precipitation was redistributed according to the spatial detail of CHELSA. The spatially enhanced daily ERA5-Land data has been aggregated on a weekly basis starting from Saturday for the time period 2016 - 2020. Data available is the weekly average of daily sums and the weekly sum of daily sums of total precipitation. File naming: Average of daily sum: era5_land_prectot_avg_weekly_YYYY_MM_DD.tif Sum of daily sum: era5_land_prectot_sum_weekly_YYYY_MM_DD.tif The date in the file name determines the start day of the week (Saturday). Pixel values: mm * 10 Example: Value 218 = 21.8 mm Coordinate reference system: ETRS89 / LAEA Europe (EPSG:3035) (EPSG:3035) Spatial extent: north: 82:00:30N south: 18N west: 32:00:30W east: 70E Spatial resolution: 1km Temporal resolution: weekly Period: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2020 Lineage: Dataset has been processed from original Copernicus Climate Data Store (ERA5-Land) data sources. As auxiliary data CHELSA climate data has been used. Software used: GDAL 3.2.2 and GRASS GIS 8.0.0 (r.resamp.stats -w; r.relief) Original ERA5-Land dataset license: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/terms/static/licence-to-use-copernicus-products.pdf CHELSA climatologies (V1.2): Data used: Karger D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E, Linder, H.P., Kessler, M. (2018): Data from: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Dryad digital repository. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5061/dryad.kd1d4 Original peer-reviewed publication: Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017): Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122 Other resources: https://data.mundialis.de/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/601ea08c-0768-4af3-a8fa-7da25fb9125b Format: GeoTIFF Representation type: Grid Processed by: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (https://www.mundialis.de/) Contact: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, info@mundialis.de Acknowledgements: This study was partially funded by EU grant 874850 MOOD. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and don't necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.

  10. ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present

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    ECMWF (2025). ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6
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    Jul 12, 2025
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    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastshttp://ecmwf.int/
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    ECMWF
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    https://object-store.os-api.cci2.ecmwf.int:443/cci2-prod-catalogue/licences/cc-by/cc-by_f24dc630aa52ab8c52a0ac85c03bc35e0abc850b4d7453bdc083535b41d5a5c3.pdfhttps://object-store.os-api.cci2.ecmwf.int:443/cci2-prod-catalogue/licences/cc-by/cc-by_f24dc630aa52ab8c52a0ac85c03bc35e0abc850b4d7453bdc083535b41d5a5c3.pdf

    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1940 - Jul 6, 2025
    Description

    ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. This principle, called data assimilation, is based on the method used by numerical weather prediction centres, where every so many hours (12 hours at ECMWF) a previous forecast is combined with newly available observations in an optimal way to produce a new best estimate of the state of the atmosphere, called analysis, from which an updated, improved forecast is issued. Reanalysis works in the same way, but at reduced resolution to allow for the provision of a dataset spanning back several decades. Reanalysis does not have the constraint of issuing timely forecasts, so there is more time to collect observations, and when going further back in time, to allow for the ingestion of improved versions of the original observations, which all benefit the quality of the reanalysis product. ERA5 provides hourly estimates for a large number of atmospheric, ocean-wave and land-surface quantities. An uncertainty estimate is sampled by an underlying 10-member ensemble at three-hourly intervals. Ensemble mean and spread have been pre-computed for convenience. Such uncertainty estimates are closely related to the information content of the available observing system which has evolved considerably over time. They also indicate flow-dependent sensitive areas. To facilitate many climate applications, monthly-mean averages have been pre-calculated too, though monthly means are not available for the ensemble mean and spread. ERA5 is updated daily with a latency of about 5 days. In case that serious flaws are detected in this early release (called ERA5T), this data could be different from the final release 2 to 3 months later. In case that this occurs users are notified. The data set presented here is a regridded subset of the full ERA5 data set on native resolution. It is online on spinning disk, which should ensure fast and easy access. It should satisfy the requirements for most common applications. An overview of all ERA5 datasets can be found in this article. Information on access to ERA5 data on native resolution is provided in these guidelines. Data has been regridded to a regular lat-lon grid of 0.25 degrees for the reanalysis and 0.5 degrees for the uncertainty estimate (0.5 and 1 degree respectively for ocean waves). There are four main sub sets: hourly and monthly products, both on pressure levels (upper air fields) and single levels (atmospheric, ocean-wave and land surface quantities). The present entry is "ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present".

  11. ECMWF Reanalysis v5

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    Updated Dec 31, 1969
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    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (1969). ECMWF Reanalysis v5 [Dataset]. https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/dataset/ecmwf-reanalysis-v5
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    application/x-grib(1 datasets)Available download formats
    Dataset updated
    Dec 31, 1969
    Dataset authored and provided by
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastshttp://ecmwf.int/
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    land and oceanic climate variables. The data cover the Earth on a 31km grid and resolve the atmosphere using 137 levels from the surface up to a height of 80km. ERA5 includes information about uncertainties for all variables at reduced spatial and temporal resolutions.

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    ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present

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    Updated Jun 2, 2025
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    Sabater J. Muñoz (2025). ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.18739/A2RX93G07
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    Jun 2, 2025
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    Arctic Data Center
    Authors
    Sabater J. Muñoz
    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1950
    Area covered
    Earth
    Description

    ERA5-Land (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis) is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. ERA5-Land uses as input to control the simulated land fields ERA5 atmospheric variables, such as air temperature and air humidity. This is called the atmospheric forcing. Without the constraint of the atmospheric forcing, the model-based estimates can rapidly deviate from reality. Therefore, while observations are not directly used in the production of ERA5-Land, they have an indirect influence through the atmospheric forcing used to run the simulation. In addition, the input air temperature, air humidity and pressure used to run ERA5-Land are corrected to account for the altitude difference between the grid of the forcing and the higher resolution grid of ERA5-Land. This correction is called 'lapse rate correction'. The ERA5-Land dataset, as any other simulation, provides estimates which have some degree of uncertainty. Numerical models can only provide a more or less accurate representation of the real physical processes governing different components of the Earth System. In general, the uncertainty of model estimates grows as we go back in time, because the number of observations available to create a good quality atmospheric forcing is lower. ERA5-land parameter fields can currently be used in combination with the uncertainty of the equivalent ERA5 fields.

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    ERA5-Land hourly data

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    Updated Dec 31, 2024
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    (2024). ERA5-Land hourly data [Dataset]. https://earthdatahub.destine.eu/collections/era5?trk=public_post_comment-text
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    Dec 31, 2024
    Description

    ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5.

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    ERA5-Land daily: Surface temperature, daily time series for Europe at 30 arc...

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    Updated Mar 7, 2025
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    Metz, Markus (2025). ERA5-Land daily: Surface temperature, daily time series for Europe at 30 arc seconds (ca. 1000 meter) resolution (2000 - 2020) [Dataset]. https://data.niaid.nih.gov/resources?id=zenodo_14987501
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    Mar 7, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    Neteler, Markus
    Haas, Julia
    Metz, Markus
    License

    Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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    Description

    ERA5-Land daily: Surface temperature, daily time series for Europe at 30 arc seconds (ca. 1000 meter) resolution (2000 - 2020)

    Source data:ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past.

    Surface temperature:Temperature of the surface of the Earth. The skin temperature is the theoretical temperature that is required to satisfy the surface energy balance. It represents the temperature of the uppermost surface layer, which has no heat capacity and so can respond instantaneously to changes in surface fluxes.

    Processing steps:The original ERA5-Land dataset (period: 2000 - 2020) has been reprocessed to: - aggregate ERA5-Land hourly data to daily data (minimum, mean, maximum) - while increasing the resolution from the native ERA5-Land resolution of 0.1 degree (~ 9 km) to 30 arc-sec (~ 1 km) by image fusion with CHELSA data (V1.2) (https://chelsa-climate.org/). For each day we used the corresponding monthly long-term average of CHELSA. The aim was to use the fine spatial detail of CHELSA and at the same time preserve the general regional pattern and fine temporal detail of ERA5-Land.The steps included aggregation and enhancement, specifically: 1. spatially aggregate CHELSA to the resolution of ERA5-Land 2. calculate difference of ERA5-Land - aggregated CHELSA 3. interpolate differences with a Gaussian filter to 30 arc seconds 4. add the interpolated differences to CHELSA

    Data available is the daily average, minimum and maximum of surface temperature.

    File naming:Daily average: era5_land_daily_ts_YYYYMMDD_avg_30sec.tifDaily min: era5_land_daily_ts_YYYYMMDD_min_30sec.tifDaily max: era5_land_daily_ts_YYYYMMDD_max_30sec.tif

    The date within the filename is Year, Month and Day of timestamp.

    Pixel values:°C * 10 Example: Value 302 = 30.2 °C

    Projection + EPSG code:Latitude-Longitude/WGS84 (EPSG: 4326)

    Spatial extent:north: 82:00:30Nsouth: 18:00:00Nwest: 32:00:30Weast: 70:00:00E

    Temporal extent:01.01.2000 - 31.12.2020NOTE: Due to file size, only 2020 data are available here. Data for other years are available on request.

    Spatial resolution:30 arc seconds (approx. 1000 m)

    Temporal resolution:daily

    Format: GeoTIFF

    Representation type: Grid

    Software used:GDAL 3.2.2 and GRASS GIS 8.0.0 (r.resamp.stats -w; r.relief)

    Original ERA5-Land dataset license:https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/terms/static/licence-to-use-copernicus-products.pdf

    CHELSA climatologies (V1.2): Data used: Karger D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E, Linder, H.P., Kessler, M. (2018): Data from: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Dryad digital repository. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5061/dryad.kd1d4Original peer-reviewed publication: Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017): Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122.

    Processed by:mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (https://www.mundialis.de/)

    Contact:mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, info@mundialis.de

  15. ERA5-Land monthly averaged dataset for Galaxy Panoply training

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    Updated Mar 3, 2020
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    Anne Fouilloux; Anne Fouilloux (2020). ERA5-Land monthly averaged dataset for Galaxy Panoply training [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3695482
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    ncAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Mar 3, 2020
    Dataset provided by
    Zenodohttp://zenodo.org/
    Authors
    Anne Fouilloux; Anne Fouilloux
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    ERA5-Land monthly averaged data January 2019

    Dataset has been retrieved on the Copernicus Climate data Store (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/#!/home) and is meant to be used for teaching purposes only. This dataset is used in the Galaxy training on "Visualize Climate data with Panoply in Galaxy".

    See https://training.galaxyproject.org/ (topic: climate) for more information.

    Product type: Monthly averaged reanalysis

    Variable:

    10m u-component of wind, 10m v-component of wind, 2m temperature, Leaf area index, high vegetation, Leaf area index, low vegetation, Snow cover, Snow depth

    Year:

    2019

    Month:

    January

    Time:

    00:00

    Format:

    NetCDF (experimental)

  16. ERA5-Land selected indicators daily aggregates for Africa, 1957

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    Updated Oct 3, 2024
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    Saldanha Raphael; Saldanha Raphael (2024). ERA5-Land selected indicators daily aggregates for Africa, 1957 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13884688
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 3, 2024
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    Zenodohttp://zenodo.org/
    Authors
    Saldanha Raphael; Saldanha Raphael
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1957 - Dec 31, 1957
    Description

    This deposit contains NetCDF files with daily aggregates from Copernicus Era5-Land for eight selected indicators, covering Africa for 1957.

    Each file represents one indicator aggregation for one month of the year. Inside each NetCDF file, the layers contain the daily aggregates.

    For 2m dewpoint pressure, 10m u-component of wind, 10m v-component of wind, surface pressure, the mean function was used for aggregation. For total precipitation, the sum function was used for aggregation. For 2m temperature, the functions maximum, mean, and minimum were used for aggregation.

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    Matlab code to setup ERA5-Land inputs for river temperature modeling in the...

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    Updated Dec 30, 2023
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    Bryce A Mihalevich (2023). Matlab code to setup ERA5-Land inputs for river temperature modeling in the Colorado River basin [Dataset]. https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256%3A8a055ddb7fa96b5fa4c3aaac8c241d414ad06e8e19ced7fb7d82a5d2d00558a4
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    Authors
    Bryce A Mihalevich
    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2015 - Jan 1, 2017
    Area covered
    Description

    This resource provides MATLAB scripts and functions to setup ERA5-Land climate reanalysis to be used as inputs to river temperature models developed in HydroCouple. This model was applied to the Colorado River in Grand Canyon and in a section of the Green River to provide weather inputs to the dynamic river temperature models described in "Evaluation of the ERA5-Land reanalysis dataset for process-based river temperature modeling over data sparse and topographically complex regions" (doi: TBD)

  18. South Sudan daily total precipitation ERA5 Land

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    Updated Nov 19, 2020
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    ckan.hidalgo-project.eu (2020). South Sudan daily total precipitation ERA5 Land [Dataset]. https://ckan.hidalgo-project.eu/dataset/south-sudan-daily-total-precipitation-era5-land
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    Nov 19, 2020
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    Area covered
    South Sudan
    Description

    Daily total precipitation for area of South Sudan for period 2012-2019 from ERA5 Land ECMWF Copercnicus dataset

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    ERA5-Land monthly: Total precipitation, monthly time series for Mauritania...

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    • data.opendatascience.eu
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    Updated Jan 18, 2025
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    (2025). ERA5-Land monthly: Total precipitation, monthly time series for Mauritania at 30 arc seconds (ca. 1000 meter) resolution (2019 - 2023) [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12189668
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    Jan 18, 2025
    Description

    ERA5-Land total precipitation monthly time series for Mauritania at 30 arc seconds (ca. 1000 meter) resolution (2019 - 2023) Source data: ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. Total precipitation: Accumulated liquid and frozen water, including rain and snow, that falls to the Earth's surface. It is the sum of large-scale precipitation (that precipitation which is generated by large-scale weather patterns, such as troughs and cold fronts) and convective precipitation (generated by convection which occurs when air at lower levels in the atmosphere is warmer and less dense than the air above, so it rises). Precipitation variables do not include fog, dew or the precipitation that evaporates in the atmosphere before it lands at the surface of the Earth. This variable is accumulated from the beginning of the forecast time to the end of the forecast step. The units of precipitation are depth in metres. It is the depth the water would have if it were spread evenly over the grid box. Care should be taken when comparing model variables with observations, because observations are often local to a particular point in space and time, rather than representing averages over a model grid box and model time step. Processing steps: The original hourly ERA5-Land data has been spatially enhanced from 0.1 degree to 30 arc seconds (approx. 1000 m) spatial resolution by image fusion with CHELSA data (V1.2) (https://chelsa-climate.org/). For each day we used the corresponding monthly long-term average of CHELSA. The aim was to use the fine spatial detail of CHELSA and at the same time preserve the general regional pattern and fine temporal detail of ERA5-Land. The steps included aggregation and enhancement, specifically: 1. spatially aggregate CHELSA to the resolution of ERA5-Land 2. calculate proportion of ERA5-Land / aggregated CHELSA 3. interpolate proportion with a Gaussian filter to 30 arc seconds 4. multiply the interpolated proportions with CHELSA Using proportions ensures that areas without precipitation remain areas without precipitation. Only if there was actual precipitation in a given area, precipitation was redistributed according to the spatial detail of CHELSA. The spatially enhanced daily ERA5-Land data has been aggregated to monthly resolution, by calculating the sum of the precipitation per pixel over each month. File naming: ERA5_land_monthly_prectot_sum_30sec_YYYY_MM_01T00_00_00_int.tif e.g.:ERA5_land_monthly_prectot_sum_30sec_2023_12_01T00_00_00_int.tif The date within the filename is year and month of aggregated timestamp. Pixel values: mm * 10 Scaled to Integer, example: value 218 = 21.8 mm Projection + EPSG code: Latitude-Longitude/WGS84 (EPSG: 4326) Spatial extent: north: 28:18N south: 14:42N west: 17:05W east: 4:49W Temporal extent: January 2019 - December 2023 Spatial resolution: 30 arc seconds (approx. 1000 m) Temporal resolution: monthly Lineage: Dataset has been processed from original Copernicus Climate Data Store (ERA5-Land) data sources. As auxiliary data CHELSA climate data has been used. Software used: GRASS GIS 8.3.2 Format: GeoTIFF Original ERA5-Land dataset license: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/terms/static/licence-to-use-copernicus-products.pdf CHELSA climatologies (V1.2): Data used: Karger D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E, Linder, H.P., Kessler, M. (2018): Data from: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Dryad digital repository. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5061/dryad.kd1d4 Original peer-reviewed publication: Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017): Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122 Representation type: Grid Processed by: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (https://www.mundialis.de/) Contact: mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, info@mundialis.de Acknowledgements: This study was partially funded by EU grant 874850 MOOD. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and don't necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.

  20. Observation and ERA5-Land derived 9 km global daily fire fuel...

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    Updated Feb 24, 2025
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    ECMWF (2025). Observation and ERA5-Land derived 9 km global daily fire fuel characteristics since 2003 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.24381/378d1497
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    Dataset updated
    Feb 24, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastshttp://ecmwf.int/
    Authors
    ECMWF
    License

    https://object-store.os-api.cci2.ecmwf.int:443/cci2-preprod-catalogue/licences/creative-commons-attribution-4-0-international-public-licence/creative-commons-attribution-4-0-international-public-licence_78edae52daa6e91c3370229e180badad7d6e8e5e440957e4417cf288b6556922.pdfhttps://object-store.os-api.cci2.ecmwf.int:443/cci2-preprod-catalogue/licences/creative-commons-attribution-4-0-international-public-licence/creative-commons-attribution-4-0-international-public-licence_78edae52daa6e91c3370229e180badad7d6e8e5e440957e4417cf288b6556922.pdf

    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2003 - Dec 31, 2021
    Description

    This dataset provides a record of fuel characteristics at high spatiotemporal resolution: ~9km, daily. The two main variable groups are fuel load and fuel moisture, both of which are further divided by live/dead and wood/foliage fractions. The dataset combines state-of-the-art model data (ERA5-Land) with observations from multiple satellites and in-situ variables into a globally complete and consistent dataset. The data provides high spatiotemporal resolution data of fuel load, which is essential for modelling wildfire activity, which contributes directly to the derivation of multiple Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). The data is relevant not only for the wildfire community but also for studying various biogeochemical processes related to land-atmosphere interactions. The fuel load is initially informed using the static European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative biomass product (ESA-CCI), which provides high-resolution estimates of above ground biomass. Crucially our dataset adds a time evolution of the dataset to provide a daily product with accurate seasonality based on modelled Carbon Dixoide (CO₂) exchange. Furthermore, by collecting estimates on biomass allocation and modelling techniques the dataset allocates the biomass into 4 categories of fuel load, which is relevant for wildfires but not currently estimated from the ESA-CCI product. Dead fuel moisture content is based on existing modelling principles which have not been scaled up to the global scale nor have they used the high accuracy mapping and output data available within the Integrated Forecast System (IFS) or the the fifth generation of reanalysis data produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ERA5). The live fuel moisture model was trained on a global insitu dataset which is based on sampling and does not provide a global product, this is the first attempt to achieve such a product using modelling. All variables were validated using independent observations when available. This is a first version of the dataset which will be updated to provide improved accuracy and expanded through time.

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ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present

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{grib,netcdf}Available download formats
Dataset updated
Jul 12, 2025
Dataset provided by
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecastshttp://ecmwf.int/
Authors
ECMWF
License

https://object-store.os-api.cci2.ecmwf.int:443/cci2-prod-catalogue/licences/cc-by/cc-by_f24dc630aa52ab8c52a0ac85c03bc35e0abc850b4d7453bdc083535b41d5a5c3.pdfhttps://object-store.os-api.cci2.ecmwf.int:443/cci2-prod-catalogue/licences/cc-by/cc-by_f24dc630aa52ab8c52a0ac85c03bc35e0abc850b4d7453bdc083535b41d5a5c3.pdf

Time period covered
Jan 1, 1950 - Jul 6, 2025
Description

ERA5-Land is a reanalysis dataset providing a consistent view of the evolution of land variables over several decades at an enhanced resolution compared to ERA5. ERA5-Land has been produced by replaying the land component of the ECMWF ERA5 climate reanalysis. Reanalysis combines model data with observations from across the world into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the laws of physics. Reanalysis produces data that goes several decades back in time, providing an accurate description of the climate of the past. ERA5-Land uses as input to control the simulated land fields ERA5 atmospheric variables, such as air temperature and air humidity. This is called the atmospheric forcing. Without the constraint of the atmospheric forcing, the model-based estimates can rapidly deviate from reality. Therefore, while observations are not directly used in the production of ERA5-Land, they have an indirect influence through the atmospheric forcing used to run the simulation. In addition, the input air temperature, air humidity and pressure used to run ERA5-Land are corrected to account for the altitude difference between the grid of the forcing and the higher resolution grid of ERA5-Land. This correction is called 'lapse rate correction'.
The ERA5-Land dataset, as any other simulation, provides estimates which have some degree of uncertainty. Numerical models can only provide a more or less accurate representation of the real physical processes governing different components of the Earth System. In general, the uncertainty of model estimates grows as we go back in time, because the number of observations available to create a good quality atmospheric forcing is lower. ERA5-land parameter fields can currently be used in combination with the uncertainty of the equivalent ERA5 fields. The temporal and spatial resolutions of ERA5-Land makes this dataset very useful for all kind of land surface applications such as flood or drought forecasting. The temporal and spatial resolution of this dataset, the period covered in time, as well as the fixed grid used for the data distribution at any period enables decisions makers, businesses and individuals to access and use more accurate information on land states.

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