# Evaporation ERA5 uses date as vertical cordinate

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/evaporation-era5-uses-date-as-vertical-cordinate/7081>\
**Category:** Datasets and Usage\
**Created:** [19 October 2024 23:10 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/evaporation-era5-uses-date-as-vertical-cordinate/7081 "2024-10-19T23:10:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mariana\_Reyes](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mariana\_Reyes](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Mariana_Reyes)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2024 23:10 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/evaporation-era5-uses-date-as-vertical-cordinate/7081/1 "2024-10-19T23:10:54Z")

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When i download Evaporation and SST variables in ERA5 the file seems have date as vertical coordinate, so the file for all the year 2023 have 12 levels in Z.