ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels
This is a subset of ERA5 reanalysis atmospheric quantities on pressure levels derived from ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels. The subset only includes pressure levels 1000, 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 70, 50, 30, 20, 10, 5, 1 [hPa].
Data are available from 1940 until the last closed month and updated monthly.
They are presented as a ARCO Zarr archive optimised for spatial analysis.
How to download the data
This Python snippet includes the token directly in the URL.
1import xarray as xr 2 3xr.open_dataset( 4 "https://edh:<your API key>@data.earthdatahub.destine.eu/era5/reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels-v0.zarr", 5 chunks={}, 6 engine="zarr", 7)
Variables
| Short Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
cc | (0 - 1) | Fraction of cloud cover |
ciwc | kg kg-1 | Specific cloud ice water content |
clwc | kg kg-1 | Specific cloud liquid water content |
crwc | kg kg-1 | Specific rain water content |
cswc | kg kg-1 | Specific snow water content |
d | s-1 | Divergence |
o3 | kg kg-1 | Ozone mass mixing ratio |
pv | K m2 kg-1 s-1 | Potential vorticity |
q | kg kg-1 | Specific humidity |
r | % | Relative humidity |
t | K | Temperature |
u | m s-1 | U component of wind |
v | m s-1 | V component of wind |
vo | s-1 | Vorticity (relative) |
w | Pa s-1 | Vertical velocity |
z | m2 s-2 | Geopotential |