ERA-40 Global Surface and Flux Data

The 6-hourly surface and flux data from ECMWF ERA-40 reanalysis project are in this dataset.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1957-09-01T0000+00
    End:  2002-09-01T0000+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1957-09-01T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2002-09-01T0000+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : ECMWF's Climate Reanalysis web site
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format WMO GRIB1
Standardized Resource Format GRIB
Asset Size 542367.619 MB
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Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Author European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2004-04-28
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/S4S2-R159
Alternate Identifier d117000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:30:18Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d117000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. (2004). ERA-40 Global Surface and Flux Data. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/S4S2-R159. Accessed 09 October 2025.

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