Hello everyone,
I am currently working with ERA5 Complete data, specifically focusing on variables like wind speed, using the CDSAPI to download the data. However, I notice that the downloaded data is in int16 format with accompanying scale_factor and add_offset parameters, which requires additional conversion post-download.
I would like to know if there is a way to directly download this data in a floating point format (e.g., single or double) using the CDSAPI, to avoid the extra conversion steps. This would streamline my data processing workflow considerably.
Has anyone managed to configure their API requests to achieve this, or is there any alternative method to obtain the data directly in floating point format? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!