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ERA5 monthly data on single levels

This is a subset of ERA5 data for world atmospheric, ocean-wave and land surface quantities called ERA5 monthly means data on single levels. The data are available from 1940 until the last closed month and updated monthly and are regridded to a regular lat-lon grid of 0.25 degrees.

They are presented as a Zarr archive optimised for time 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-single-levels-monthly-means-v0.zarr",
5    chunks={},
6    engine="zarr",
7)

Variables

Short NameUnitsDescription
d2m
K

2 metre dewpoint temperature

msl
Pa

Mean sea level pressure

sp
Pa

Surface pressure

sst
K

Sea surface temperature

t2m
K

2 metre temperature

tp
m

Total precipitation

u10
m s-1

10 metre U wind component

v10
m s-1

10 metre V wind component

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