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 a CEDA account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/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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