ERA5-Land hourly data

This is a subset of ERA5 data for world land surface quantities called ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present. The data are available from 1950 until the last closed month and updated monthly.

They are presented as a NetCDF / Zarr archive optimised for time analysis.

How to download the data

It's required to before running the code snippet below.
1import xarray as xr
2
3xr.open_dataset(
4    "https://data.earthdatahub.destine.eu/era5/reanalysis-era5-land-no-antartica-v0.zarr",
5    storage_options={"client_kwargs":{"trust_env":True}},
6    chunks={},
7    engine="zarr",
8)
9

Tutorials

Variables

Short NameUnitsDescription
asn
(0 - 1)

Snow albedo

d2m
K

2 metre dewpoint temperature

e
m of water equivalent

Evaporation

es
m of water equivalent

Snow evaporation

evabs
m of water equivalent

Evaporation from bare soil

evaow
m of water equivalent

Evaporation from open water surfaces excluding oceans

evatc
m of water equivalent

Evaporation from the top of canopy

evavt
m of water equivalent

Evaporation from vegetation transpiration

fal
(0 - 1)

Forecast albedo

lai_hv
m2 m-2

Leaf area index, high vegetation

lai_lv
m2 m-2

Leaf area index, low vegetation

lblt
K

Lake bottom temperature

licd
m

Lake ice total depth

lict
K

Lake ice surface temperature

lmld
m

Lake mix-layer depth

lmlt
K

Lake mix-layer temperature

lshf
dimensionless

Lake shape factor

ltlt
K

Lake total layer temperature

pev
m

Potential evaporation

ro
m

Runoff

rsn
kg m-3

Snow density

sd
m of water equivalent

Snow depth

sde
m

Snow depth

sf
m of water equivalent

Snowfall

skt
K

Skin temperature

slhf
J m-2

Surface latent heat flux

smlt
m of water equivalent

Snowmelt

snowc
%

Snow cover

sp
Pa

Surface pressure

src
m of water equivalent

Skin reservoir content

sro
m

Surface runoff

sshf
J m-2

Surface sensible heat flux

ssr
J m-2

Surface net short-wave (solar) radiation

ssrd
J m-2

Surface short-wave (solar) radiation downwards

ssro
m

Sub-surface runoff

stl1
K

Soil temperature level 1

stl2
K

Soil temperature level 2

stl3
K

Soil temperature level 3

stl4
K

Soil temperature level 4

str
J m-2

Surface net long-wave (thermal) radiation

strd
J m-2

Surface long-wave (thermal) radiation downwards

swvl1
m3 m-3

Volumetric soil water layer 1

swvl2
m3 m-3

Volumetric soil water layer 2

swvl3
m3 m-3

Volumetric soil water layer 3

swvl4
m3 m-3

Volumetric soil water layer 4

t2m
K

2 metre temperature

tp
m

Total precipitation

tsn
K

Temperature of snow layer

u10
m s-1

10 metre U wind component

v10
m s-1

10 metre V wind component

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