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ERA5 Hourly Reanalysis

ECMWF Reanalysis v5 on single levels
Hourly global atmospheric reanalysis since 1940

IMERG precipitation (NASA GIBS), shown for the pattern

Source: ECMWF / Copernicus
Resolution: 0.25° (about 31 km)
Time span: 1940–present
Access type: API (external)
Formats: GRIB, NetCDF
Coverage: Global
Provider: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/dataset…

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/era5/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import cdsapi  # pip install cdsapi, key in ~/.cdsapirc
c = cdsapi.Client()
c.retrieve("reanalysis-era5-single-levels", {
    "product_type": ["reanalysis"],
    "variable": ["total_precipitation", "2m_temperature"],
    "year": ["2020"],
    "month": ["01"],
    "day": [f"{d:02d}" for d in range(1, 32)],
    "time": [f"{h:02d}:00" for h in range(24)],
    "data_format": "netcdf",
    "area": [5, -75, -20, -50],
}, "era5_2020_01.nc")

const res = await fetch("https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/era5/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5");
const { groups } = await res.json();
for (const g of groups) g.links.forEach(l => console.log(l.url));

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