Dataset
ECMWF ERA-15: regular 2.5 x 2.5 degree gridded data
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2003-04-11
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 132.91K Files | 54GB
Abstract
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has provided global atmospheric analyses from its archive for many years. The ERA-15 Re-analysis project was devised in response to wishes expressed by many users for a data set generated by a modern, consistent, and invariant data assimilation system. The ERA-15 project produced a long time-series (January 1979 - February 1994) of consistent meteorological analyses using a single version of the ECMWF model.
This dataset contains regular 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree gridded data on standard pressure levels and at the surface.
Citable as: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (2006): ECMWF ERA-15: regular 2.5 x 2.5 degree gridded data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/248c4cc51507422d81df105a4770245c
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ECMWF, ERA, ERA 15, reanalysis, surface, model
Details
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| Access rules: |
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ecmwf-era-products.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data were extracted from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) MARS system and transferred to BADC where they were ingested into the archive. |
| Data Quality: |
See http://www.ecmwf.int/products/data/technical/deficiencies/era15.html for details of known issues with the ERA-15 dataset. Note: for file giua81111712 the GRIB messages (i.e. q at level 22) was corrupted and so that message was replaced with one from the day before to enable users' scripts to run utilising the contents of the directory
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| File Format: |
Data are GRIB 1 formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
| Title | ERA-15 data assimilation system deployed on ECMWF Computer |
| Abstract | This computation involved: ERA-15 data assimilation system deployed on ECMWF Computer. The aim of the ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA) project was to produce a long time-series of consistent meteorological analyses using a single version of the ECMWF model. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- long_name: 10 Metre U Wind
- names: 10 Metre U Wind
- long_name: 10 Metre V Wind
- names: 10 Metre V Wind
- long_name: 2 Metre Dew Point Temperature
- names: 2 Metre Dew Point Temperature
- long_name: 2 Metre Temperature
- names: 2 Metre Temperature
- long_name: Air Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
- gcmd_keyword: Air Temperature
- names: Air Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
- long_name: Albedo
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G199
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Albedo
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Albedo, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G199
- long_name: Angle Of Sub Grid Scaleorography
- names: Angle Of Sub Grid Scaleorography
- long_name: Anisotropy Of Sub Grid Scale Orography
- names: Anisotropy Of Sub Grid Scale Orography
- long_name: Apparent Surface Humidity
- names: Apparent Surface Humidity
- long_name: Boundary Layer Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0100
- gcmd_keyword: Boundary Layer Temperature
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0100, Boundary Layer Temperature
- long_name: Cloud Amount
- names: Cloud Amount
- long_name: Convective Precipitation
- names: Convective Precipitation
- long_name: Convergence
- names: Convergence
- long_name: Divergence
- names: Divergence
- long_name: Frequency
- names: Frequency
- long_name: Geopotential (At The Surface, Orography)
- names: Geopotential (At The Surface, Orography)
- long_name: Geopotential Height
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0341
- gcmd_keyword: Geopotential Height
- names: Geopotential Height, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0341
- long_name: Heat Flux
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0368
- gcmd_keyword: Heat Flux
- names: Heat Flux, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0368
- long_name: Humidity
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G239
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G239, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
- long_name: Ice
- names: Ice
- long_name: Land
- names: Land
- long_name: Landforms
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G793
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Landforms
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- long_name: Large Scale Precipitation
- names: Large Scale Precipitation
- long_name: Latitudinal Component Of Gravity Wave Stress
- names: Latitudinal Component Of Gravity Wave Stress
- long_name: Log Surface Pressure
- names: Log Surface Pressure
- long_name: Logarithm Of Surface Roughness Length For Heat
- names: Logarithm Of Surface Roughness Length For Heat
- long_name: Mean Sea Level Pressure
- names: Mean Sea Level Pressure
- long_name: Meridional Component Of Gravity Wave Stress
- names: Meridional Component Of Gravity Wave Stress
- long_name: Net Radiation
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0546
- gcmd_keyword: Net Radiation
- names: Net Radiation, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0546
- long_name: Percentage Of Vegetation
- names: Percentage Of Vegetation
- long_name: Precipitation Amount
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0656
- gcmd_keyword: Precipitation Amount
- names: Precipitation Amount, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0656
- long_name: Relative Humidity
- names: Relative Humidity
- long_name: Relative Vorticity
- names: Relative Vorticity
- long_name: Sea Level Pressure
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0722
- gcmd_keyword: Sea Level Pressure
- names: Sea Level Pressure, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0722
- long_name: Sea Mask
- names: Sea Mask
- long_name: Skin Reservoir Content
- names: Skin Reservoir Content
- long_name: Skin Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0761
- gcmd_keyword: Skin Temperature
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0761, Skin Temperature
- long_name: Slope Of Sub-Grid Scale Orography
- names: Slope Of Sub-Grid Scale Orography
- long_name: Snow Depth
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
- gcmd_keyword: Snow Depth
- names: Snow Depth, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
- long_name: Soil Moisture
- names: Soil Moisture
- long_name: Soil Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0801
- gcmd_keyword: Soil Temperature
- names: Soil Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0801
- long_name: Soil Temperature Level 2
- names: Soil Temperature Level 2
- long_name: Soil Temperature Level 3
- names: Soil Temperature Level 3
- long_name: Soil Temperature Level 4
- names: Soil Temperature Level 4
- long_name: Soil Wetness Level 1
- names: Soil Wetness Level 1
- long_name: Soil Wetness Level 2
- names: Soil Wetness Level 2
- long_name: Soil Wetness Level 3
- names: Soil Wetness Level 3
- long_name: Soil Wetness Level 4
- names: Soil Wetness Level 4
- long_name: Specific Humidity
- names: Specific Humidity
- long_name: Standard Deviation Of Orography
- names: Standard Deviation Of Orography
- long_name: Surface Latent Heat Flux
- names: Surface Latent Heat Flux
- long_name: Surface Roughness
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0851
- gcmd_keyword: Surface Roughness
- names: Surface Roughness, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0851
- long_name: Surface Sensible Heat Flux
- names: Surface Sensible Heat Flux
- long_name: Surface Solar Radiation
- names: Surface Solar Radiation
- long_name: Surface Temperature Level 1
- names: Surface Temperature Level 1
- long_name: Surface Thermal Radiation
- names: Surface Thermal Radiation
- long_name: Surface Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853
- gcmd_keyword: Surface Winds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853, Surface Winds
- long_name: Temperature
- names: Temperature
- long_name: Thermal Properties
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0868
- gcmd_keyword: Thermal Properties
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0868, Thermal Properties
- long_name: Top Solar Radiation
- names: Top Solar Radiation
- long_name: Top Thermal Radiation
- names: Top Thermal Radiation
- long_name: Total Cloud Cover
- names: Total Cloud Cover
- long_name: U Zonal Windspeed
- names: U Zonal Windspeed
- long_name: U-Stress
- names: U-Stress
- long_name: Upper Level Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909
- gcmd_keyword: Upper Level Winds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909, Upper Level Winds
- long_name: V Meridional Windspeed
- names: V Meridional Windspeed
- long_name: V-Stress
- names: V-Stress
- long_name: Vegetation Cover
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0915
- gcmd_keyword: Vegetation Cover
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0915, Vegetation Cover
- long_name: Vertical Velocity
- names: Vertical Velocity
- long_name: Vertical Wind Motion
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0920
- gcmd_keyword: Vertical Wind Motion
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0920, Vertical Wind Motion
- long_name: Vorticity
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G254
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vorticity
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vorticity, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G254
- long_name: Water Content
- names: Water Content
- long_name: Water Depth
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0934
- gcmd_keyword: Water Depth
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0934, Water Depth
- long_name: Wind Shear
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0965
- gcmd_keyword: Wind Shear
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0965, Wind Shear
- long_name: Wind Stress
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0966
- gcmd_keyword: Wind Stress
- names: Wind Stress, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0966
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1979-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
1994-02-28T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |
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