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Dataset

 

ECMWF ERA-15: Initialised T106 spectral upper air data

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2002-04-22
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 88.62K Files | 188GB

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 initialised T106 spectral upper air data (approximately 1 degree resolution) on model levels and standard pressure levels. Corresponding surface parameters are held on a reduced gaussian N80 grid. Regular 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree gridded data are also stored on standard pressure levels and at the surface.

Citable as:  European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (2006): ECMWF ERA-15: Initialised T106 spectral upper air data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6a244e1785554f6eae3a2530e5781c29/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ECMWF, ERA, ERA 15, reanalysis, surface, model

Details

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Access rules:
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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
File Format:
Data are GRIB 1 formatted.

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
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G793, EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Landforms
  • 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°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°