Observational and Re-analysis Datasets
“Raw” Archives (as downloaded from the original source)
Archive | Size1 | Location | Access | Status | time period | Variables | Temporal Resolution | Spatial Resolution | more information |
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E-OBS | 660G | IAC | direct | different versions, updated irregularly | 1950 - present | TG: mean temperature, TN: minimum temperature, TX: maximum temperature, RR: precipitation sum, PP: mean sea level pressure, FG: mean wind speed, HU: mean relative humidity, QQ: global radiation | daily | 0.1° and 0.25° | E-OBS, CDS |
MERRA2 | 15T | IAC | direct | updated | 1980 - present | many, temperature, precipitation, radiation, sea level pressure etc. | hourly, sst monthly | 0.5 lat x 0.625 lon (~50km) | MERRA-2, Climate Data Guide |
ERAInterim | 5T | CSCS2 | direct | static | 1979-2019 | W_SO_REL, T_SO, W_SNOW, FR_LAND, T_SKIN, T_SNOW, FIS, T, U, V, QV, PS, QC, QI, FR_SEA_ICE | 6-hourly | 0.7° x 0.7° (80 km) global | |
ERA5 | 50T | CSCS3 | direct | updated | 1979 - present | FIS, FR_LAND, FR_SEA_ICE, PS, QC, QI, QR, QS, QV, T, T_SKIN, T_SNOW, T_SO, U, V, W_SNOW, W_SO_REL | hourly | 0.28125° x 0.28125° (31 km) | ERA5 at CDS |
ERA5 | 17T | IAC4 | direct | updated | 1940 - present | 2t, tp, 10si, mn2t, mx2t | monthly, hourly (variable dependent) | 0.25° x 0.25° | ERA5 monthly, ERA5 hourly, need to delete original data after processing because of size |
ERA5-Land | 40T | IAC5 | direct | updated | 1950 - present | 2t, snom | hourly (variable dependent) | 0.1° x 0.1° | ERA5-Land, need to delete original data after processing because of size |
CERRA | 16T | IAC6 | direct | updated | 1985 - present | 2t, t, r, … | 3-hourly | 5x5km | sub-daily regional reanalysis data for Europe, Wishlist, Download Status, space constraints prevent us from keeping all the 3-hourly data which have been processed into daily data, see sheet on download process |
CERRA-Land | 12T | IAC7 | direct | updated | 1985 - present | snom, sro, tp, … | 3-hourly | 5x5km | CDS, Wishlist, Download Status, space constraints prevent us from keeping all the 3-hourly data which have been processed into daily data, see sheet on download process |
Processed Archives (e.g. aggregated or regridded)
Archive | Size1 | Location | Access | Status | time period | Variables | Temporal Resolution | Spatial Resolution | more information |
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E-OBS and MCH | 50G | IAC8 | direct | static | 1971-2020 | tas, tasmax, tasmin, pr | daily | 0.11° | E-OBS (v23.1e and v26.0e) data with higher resolution MCH data over Switzerland (prepared for CH2025) |
MCH | 7G | IAC9 | direct | static | 1971-2021 | tas, tasmax, tasmin, pr | daily | ~2km | gridded observational data from MeteoSwiss over Switzerland |
MERRA2 | 17G | IAC10 | direct | updated | 1980-2015 (v0), 1980-2018 (v1) | tas, tasmax, tasmin, huss, psl, pr, hfss, hfls, rlus, rlds, rsds, rsus, tos | daily, monthly | 2.5 lat x 2.5 lon (same as cmip6-ng) files are consistent with cmip-ng archives, no time period is indicated in filenames | |
CERRA | 6T | IAC11 | direct | updated | 1985 - 2020 (v1) | 2t, t, r, … | daily, monthly | 5x5km | sub-daily regional reanalysis data for Europe, CDS, Status |
CERRA-Land | 1.8T | IAC12 | direct | updated | 1985 - 2020 (v1) | snom, sro, tp, … | daily, monthly | 5x5km | CDS, Status |
ERA5 | 500G | IAC13, Euler | direct | updated | v1: 1940 - present, v2: 1980 - present | v1: 2t, tp, mx2t, mn2t, v2: 14 | daily, monthly | 0.25° x 0.25° | CDS |
ERA5-Land | 2.2T | IAC15 | direct | updated | 1950 - present | 2d, 2t, sd, snom | daily, monthly | 0.1° x 0.1° | CDS |
2 /store/c2sm/c2sme/reanalyses_dkrz/ERAInterim
3 /store/c2sm/c2sme/reanalyses_dkrz/ERA5
4 /net/atmos/data/era5_cds/original
5 /net/atmos/data/era5-land_cds/original
6 /net/atmos/data/cerra/original
7 /net/atmos/data/cerra-land/original
8 /net/co2/c2sm-data/ch202X/Obs_Data/EOBS/0.1deg_reg_v23.1e/processed/, /net/co2/c2sm-data/ch202X/Obs_Data/EOBS/0.1deg_reg_v26.0e/processed/
9 /net/co2/c2sm-data/ch202X/Obs_Data/MCH/processed/
10 /net/co2/c2sm-data/rlorenz/MERRA2/
11 /net/atmos/data/cerra/processed/v1/
12 /net/atmos/data/cerra-land/processed/v1/
13 /net/atmos/data/era5_cds/processed/
14 /net/atmos/data/era5_cds/processed/v2/
, Variable list and progress