European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis 5 (ERA5) model data

ERA5 is the latest European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) global atmospheric reanalysis of the period 1979 to present. This follows on from the ERA-15, ERA-40 and ERA-Interim re-analysis projects. This dataset collection includes data on surface and model levels on a regular latitude-longitude grid in netCDF from :

- a high resolution 'HRES' (31 km horizontal, 137 model level, hourly output) reanalysis model

- a reduced resolution ten member member ensemble runs, including data from all 10 members as well as means and spreads - produced to provide an uncertainty estimate for the 'HRES' output.

- initial release 'ERA5t' data

- re-run model output for 2000-2006 to address issues for this period - ERA5.1

Note, the parameter selection for the data held in the CEDA archive is not the full range of available parameters. Users requiring other parameters or data on alternative level types should seek these products via the Copernicus Data Store (CDS) - see linked data tool resource.

For further details of the datasets and CEDA's holdings please see the individual datasets linked to on this dataset collection record.

Date (Publication): 2021-02-08T15:05:00

Date (Creation): 2021-02-08T15:05:00

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5971cb20fae94540b862ae3ed3204c3f

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 5971cb20fae94540b862ae3ed3204c3f

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)	unknown	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)	unknown	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

ECMWF
ERA
ERA5
ERA5.1
ERA5t
reanalysis
surface
model
Gaussian
N256
analysis
forecast
ensemble

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ecmwf-era-products.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1979-01-01T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
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Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5971cb20fae94540b862ae3ed3204c3f	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.ecmwf.int/	ECMWF Webpage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/73ec447ea99457c77c0ef9692f76393f	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) 15-year re-analysis (ERA-15) model data dataset collection page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/775634f7e339b5262067e28a5d7b679d	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) 40-year Re-Analysis (ERA-40) model data dataset collection page

Hierarchy level: Series

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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File identifier: 5971cb20fae94540b862ae3ed3204c3f XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-08-10T02:29:13

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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