European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) 40-year Re-Analysis (ERA-40) model data

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Re-Analysis Project consists of a number of climate datasets spanning the period mid-1957 to August 2002 using a consistent model. The data overlaps with the earlier ECMWF ERA-15 Re-analysis project (1979-1993).

This dataset collection contains both initialised and uninitialised T106 spectral upper air data (approximately 1 degree resolution) on model levels and standard pressure levels. Corresponding surface parameters are held on a reduced Gaussian N80 grid. Regular 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree gridded data are also stored on standard pressure levels and at the surface.

Date (Publication): 2006-12-10T03:17:46

Date (Creation): 2006-12-10T03:17:46

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/775634f7e339b5262067e28a5d7b679d

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 775634f7e339b5262067e28a5d7b679d

Author

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) - author

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Publisher

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Maintenance and update frequency: unknown Unknown

Update scope: series Series

Keywords

ECMWF
ERA
ERA-40
reanalysis
surface
model

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

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

Use constraints: otherRestrictions 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 Grid

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 1957-09-29T23:00:00

End date: 2002-08-31T22:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource: ECMWF ERA website
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OnLine resource: ECMWF Data Server
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OnLine resource: ECMWF Quality of the ERA40 data webpage
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OnLine resource: BADC Doc: Background to the ERA-40 project
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OnLine resource: Uppala, S.M., Kållberg, P.W., Simmons, A.J., Andrae, U., da Costa Bechtold, V., Fiorino, M., Gibson, J.K., Haseler, J., Hernandez, A., Kelly, G.A., Li, X., Onogi, K., Saarinen, S., Sokka, N., Allan, R.P., Andersson, E., Arpe, K., Balmaseda, M.A., Beljaars, A.C.M., van de Berg, L., Bidlot, J., Bormann, N., Caires, S., Chevallier, F., Dethof, A., Dragosavac, M., Fisher, M., Fuentes, M., Hagemann, S., Hólm, E., Hoskins, B.J., Isaksen, L., Janssen, P.A.E.M., Jenne, R., McNally, A.P., Mahfouf, J.-F., Morcrette,
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OnLine resource: ECMWF newsletter 2004
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OnLine resource: ECMWF Seminars and Workshops list
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OnLine resource: ECMWF ERA-Interim website
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OnLine resource: ECMWF Browse reanalysis datasets website
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OnLine resource: ECMWF ERA-40, Daily
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OnLine resource: The ERA-40 Project Plan (postscript file).
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OnLine resource: The ERA-40 Archive Plan detailing products (postscript file).
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OnLine resource: The description of the evolution of the ECMWF forecasting system and corresponding archive
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OnLine resource: ECMWF Atmospheric Level Types
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OnLine resource: Parameters available in the ECMWF ERA-40 Re-analysis data held at the BADC
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OnLine resource: Encoding and decoding GRIB data (GRIBEX)
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OnLine resource: The ECMWF Model Grids
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Hierarchy level: series Series

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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

File identifier: 775634f7e339b5262067e28a5d7b679d XML

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8

Hierarchy level: series Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-07-13T02:26:08

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Point of contact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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