Please note that access to this dataset is restricted according to the DestinE Access Policy and may only be granted to users with upgraded access.

Climate DT high resolution hourly data on single-level or surface, IFS-FESOM, Historical, maps, timeseries

This dataset contains surface variables from the second generation Climate Adaptation Digital Twin of the Destination Earth initiative. It includes data from the Historical Run (1990–2014) of the IFS-FESOM model. This data was regridded from the original HEALPix H1024 grid to a regular latitude-longitude grid at approximately 0.044°. The temporal resolution is 1 hour.

The dataset's chunking is optimized for map visualization.

Accessing this dataset requires a Zarr v3-compatible library (e.g., zarr-python >= 3.x). Python users can upgrade via pip install "zarr>3".

Access is restricted to Destination Earth users with Upgraded Access.

How to download the data

The default (and preferred) way to access the data requires accessing the api.earthdatahub.destine.eu domain and a valid API key.

Method 1: quick access

It is possible to include the token directly in the URL.

1import xarray as xr
2
3xr.open_dataset(
4    "https://edh:<your personal access token>@api.earthdatahub.destine.eu/climate-dt-2/IFS-FESOM-hist-sfc-hourly-high-maps-v0.zarr",
5    chunks={},
6    engine="zarr",
7    zarr_format=3,
8)

Method 2: advanced access

The Python snippet gather the token from a netrc file.

It's required to before running the code snippet below.
1import xarray as xr
2
3xr.open_dataset(
4    "https://api.earthdatahub.destine.eu/climate-dt-2/IFS-FESOM-hist-sfc-hourly-high-maps-v0.zarr",
5    storage_options={"client_kwargs":{"trust_env":True}},
6    chunks={},
7    engine="zarr",
8    zarr_format=3,
9)

Variables

Short NameUnitsDescription
avg_tprate
kg m-2 s-1

Time-mean total precipitation rate

d2m
K

2 metre dewpoint temperature

lsm
(0 - 1)

Land-sea mask

orog
m

Orography

t2m
K

2 metre temperature

u10
m s-1

10 metre U wind component

v10
m s-1

10 metre V wind component

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