# \#era5-land **URL:** https://forum.ecmwf.int/tag/era5-land/20.md [Latest](https://forum.ecmwf.int/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ecmwf.int/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ecmwf.int/tags.md) --- ## [Need help downloading globally ERA5-Land hourly/daily data faster (CDS too slow)](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/need-help-downloading-globally-era5-land-hourly-daily-data-faster-cds-too-slow/14920)
**Author:** [@Bacha\_khan](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Bacha_khan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [13 October 2026 04:02 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/need-help-downloading-globally-era5-land-hourly-daily-data-faster-cds-too-slow/14920 "2026-10-13T04:02:05Z")
Please, can anyone help me? I’m trying to download ERA5-Land data (hourly and daily), but I’m facing serious issues. I have checked many sources, but I still haven’t been able to get the complete dataset. I tried downl… --- ## [Downloading ERA5-Land data via cdsapi takes a long time in the queue](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/downloading-era5-land-data-via-cdsapi-takes-a-long-time-in-the-queue/15348)
**Author:** [@wanjia\_sun](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/wanjia_sun)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [9 October 2026 16:47 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/downloading-era5-land-data-via-cdsapi-takes-a-long-time-in-the-queue/15348 "2026-10-09T16:47:37Z")
This is my first time using cdsapi to download global daily 2 m temperature data from the “ERA5-Land post-processed daily statistics from 1950 to present” dataset. I submit requests one month at a time, with three reques… --- ## [ERA5-Land GRIB files: latitude and longitude bounds](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-grib-files-latitude-and-longitude-bounds/15388)
**Author:** [@Francisco\_Diogo\_Mendonca](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Francisco_Diogo_Mendonca)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 October 2026 08:45 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-grib-files-latitude-and-longitude-bounds/15388 "2026-10-07T08:45:42Z")
Hi everyone, I’m checking the coordinates in ERA5-Land GRIB files and noticed that, for some variables (evaporation from bare soil, evaporation from open water surfaces excluding oceans, evaporation from the top of cano… --- ## [9 km global daily fire fuel download](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/9-km-global-daily-fire-fuel-download/15187)
**Author:** [@wang\_ma](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/wang_ma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 September 2026 12:42 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/9-km-global-daily-fire-fuel-download/15187 "2026-09-03T12:42:48Z")
How can I download daily data for 2022-2025? Currently, only monthly data is available. Dataset URL is: Observation and ERA5-Land derived 9 km global daily fire fuel characteristics since 2003 --- ## [Issue affecting ERA5-Land monthly averaged reanalysis for the period September 2022 to February 2024](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/issue-affecting-era5-land-monthly-averaged-reanalysis-for-the-period-september-2022-to-february-2024/2370)
**Author:** [@Anabelle](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Anabelle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2026 08:25 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/issue-affecting-era5-land-monthly-averaged-reanalysis-for-the-period-september-2022-to-february-2024/2370 "2026-08-24T08:25:17Z")
An issue with the ERA5-Land monthly averaged data from 1950 to present dataset was identified in January 2024 on both CDS discs and MARS tapes. It affects the following part of the dataset: Product: Monthly averaged re… --- ## [ERA5 versus ERA5-Land: is an 80–100 m altitude difference expected?](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-versus-era5-land-is-an-80-100-m-altitude-difference-expected/15234)
**Author:** [@Raphael\_Nussbaumer](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Raphael_Nussbaumer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 August 2026 09:49 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-versus-era5-land-is-an-80-100-m-altitude-difference-expected/15234 "2026-08-06T09:49:12Z")
Hello, I am comparing ERA5 and ERA5-Land surface pressure along a transect to understand the effect of the different model orographies. I downloaded: ERA5 hourly single-level data; ERA5-Land hourly data; ERA5 geopote… --- ## [About snowfall and snowmelt, how to caculate total monthly snowfall and snowmelt?](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/about-snowfall-and-snowmelt-how-to-caculate-total-monthly-snowfall-and-snowmelt/1637)
**Author:** [@Dango\_Zhang](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Dango_Zhang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [27 July 2026 11:19 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/about-snowfall-and-snowmelt-how-to-caculate-total-monthly-snowfall-and-snowmelt/1637 "2026-07-27T11:19:44Z")
Dear all, I am using Snowfall and Snowmelt of ERA5-Land. First of all, I would like to ask, the document (ERA5-Land: data documentation, ERA5-Land: data documentation-Copernicus Knowledge Base-ECMWF Confluence Wiki) sa… --- ## [ERA5-Land data grid mismatch on recently downloaded data vs older data](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-data-grid-mismatch-on-recently-downloaded-data-vs-older-data/11080)
**Author:** [@Luke\_Parsons](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Luke_Parsons)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [27 July 2026 11:17 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-data-grid-mismatch-on-recently-downloaded-data-vs-older-data/11080 "2026-07-27T11:17:04Z")
Over the last ~month I re-downloaded ERA5-Land t2m data (hourly 1950-2023). The data have the same number of lat/lon grid points as the data I downloaded a 1-1.5 years ago, but the data grids don’t match any more. For ex… --- ## [Direct and diffuse shortwave radiation in ERA5 vs ERA5-Land](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/direct-and-diffuse-shortwave-radiation-in-era5-vs-era5-land/15131)
**Author:** [@Emilie\_Ferreira](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilie_Ferreira)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [10 July 2026 18:50 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/direct-and-diffuse-shortwave-radiation-in-era5-vs-era5-land/15131 "2026-07-10T18:50:53Z")
Hello, I am working with ERA5 and ERA5-Land datasets for a study on surface solar radiation and I would like to clarify the physical consistency of direct and diffuse components. In ERA5, I use the following variables: … --- ## [Access to our ARCO ERA5 data lake / Zarr store](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/access-to-our-arco-era5-data-lake-zarr-store/15123)
**Author:** [@Anabelle](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Anabelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 June 2026 12:06 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/access-to-our-arco-era5-data-lake-zarr-store/15123 "2026-06-30T12:06:43Z")
As part of our expansion of our product offerings based on ARCO (Analysis Ready Cloud Optimized) capabilities, we are pleased to announce direct tokenized access to ERA5 and ERA5-Land data cubes. In our CDS catalogue of… --- ## [Issues on the variable "Evaporation" of 2023 in ERA5-Land](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/issues-on-the-variable-evaporation-of-2023-in-era5-land/10805)
**Author:** [@Linyuan\_Sun](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Linyuan_Sun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [20 April 2026 09:20 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/issues-on-the-variable-evaporation-of-2023-in-era5-land/10805 "2026-04-20T09:20:39Z")
Hello everyone, I might find some discrepancies in the evaporation data for the year 2023 in ERA5-Land. It appears that the values for this year are much “weaker” compared to other years. However, when checking the data… --- ## [Dictionnary with equivalence beetween names in the API requests and the name of the colums in the downoaded data set](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/dictionnary-with-equivalence-beetween-names-in-the-api-requests-and-the-name-of-the-colums-in-the-downoaded-data-set/14856)
**Author:** [@Thibaut\_Eloy](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Thibaut_Eloy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 April 2026 13:45 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/dictionnary-with-equivalence-beetween-names-in-the-api-requests-and-the-name-of-the-colums-in-the-downoaded-data-set/14856 "2026-04-13T13:45:53Z")
Hi, I am making API requests to the ERA5-Land time series dataset, but I noticed that the variable names required for the API request differ from the column names in the downloaded dataset. For example, soil\_temperature… --- ## [500 Internal Server Error on ERA-5 Land](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/500-internal-server-error-on-era-5-land/14805)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Melnikov](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Alex_Melnikov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2026 17:34 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/500-internal-server-error-on-era-5-land/14805 "2026-03-19T17:34:01Z")
Getting 500 Internal Server Error on my script loading 2m temps from “ERA5-Land post-processed daily statistics from 1950 to present” since 7am CET today 19/3. Service status is all green. Any ideas? --- ## [Soil temperature representation in AIFS v1 and precipitation results](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/soil-temperature-representation-in-aifs-v1-and-precipitation-results/14004)
**Author:** [@slava.kohut](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/slava.kohut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2026 14:51 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/soil-temperature-representation-in-aifs-v1-and-precipitation-results/14004 "2026-03-18T14:51:03Z")
The AIFS v1 model is trained on two datasets: ERA5 and IFS (operational analysis). The latter is used for fine tuning. The way soil temperature is represented in these datasets is different: there is a mask for oceans in… --- ## [Brief closure of queues for ERA5 daily requests from Tuesday 17 March, 5PM GMT until end of maintenance system session on Wednesday 18 March](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/brief-closure-of-queues-for-era5-daily-requests-from-tuesday-17-march-5pm-gmt-until-end-of-maintenance-system-session-on-wednesday-18-march/14787)
**Author:** [@Anabelle](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Anabelle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2026 14:10 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/brief-closure-of-queues-for-era5-daily-requests-from-tuesday-17-march-5pm-gmt-until-end-of-maintenance-system-session-on-wednesday-18-march/14787 "2026-03-18T14:10:34Z")
To the attention of users of ERA5/ERA5-Land post-processed daily statistics data: Ahead of the planned Data Stores maintenance system session on Wednesday 18 March 2026, it will be necessary to temporally close the queu… --- ## [ERA5Land return zip even with "unarchived" option](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5land-return-zip-even-with-unarchived-option/14797)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Gadal](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Paul_Gadal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 March 2026 15:04 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5land-return-zip-even-with-unarchived-option/14797 "2026-03-17T15:04:26Z")
Hi, I’m making requests to get some data over Ivory Coast but for 01/01/2026 it returns a zipped file with a separate netcdf for volumetric\_soil\_water\_layer\_1. With the option unarchived it should return only a singe n… --- ## [Software upgrade for data extraction of a geographical area from selected ERA5 and Seasonal forecast datasets](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/software-upgrade-for-data-extraction-of-a-geographical-area-from-selected-era5-and-seasonal-forecast-datasets/14583)
**Author:** [@Anabelle](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Anabelle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [27 February 2026 15:50 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/software-upgrade-for-data-extraction-of-a-geographical-area-from-selected-era5-and-seasonal-forecast-datasets/14583 "2026-02-27T15:50:37Z")
On 25th of February 2026 , as part of regular operational software upgrades, the software handling area extraction for regular lat-lon gridded datasets will be updated to a new version to correct a behaviour that caused … --- ## [Era5 and Era5-land timestep in different columns](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-and-era5-land-timestep-in-different-columns/14538)
**Author:** [@Rodrigo](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Rodrigo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [26 February 2026 10:02 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-and-era5-land-timestep-in-different-columns/14538 "2026-02-26T10:02:11Z")
Does anyone know why using a dataset 1hourly from era5, we have the column “hour” to represent each timestep but, if the dataset is from era5-land the timestep comes from the columns “stepRange” and “step”? Am I doing s… --- ## [ERA5-Land : evaporation from open water surfaces excluding oceans (evaow)](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-evaporation-from-open-water-surfaces-excluding-oceans-evaow/14699)
**Author:** [@Sandeep\_Tegar](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Sandeep_Tegar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [13 February 2026 15:26 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-evaporation-from-open-water-surfaces-excluding-oceans-evaow/14699 "2026-02-13T15:26:05Z")
For a forecast study, I am using ERA5-Land “evaporation from open water surfaces excluding oceans”. I am considering modelling this flux using a Penman / Penman–Monteith formulation for open water. Since ERA5-Land follo… --- ## ["Inf" Values in ERA5 Land hourly dataset](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/inf-values-in-era5-land-hourly-dataset/14702)
**Author:** [@DINESH\_BHANDARI](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/DINESH_BHANDARI)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [4 February 2026 04:43 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/inf-values-in-era5-land-hourly-dataset/14702 "2026-02-04T04:43:09Z")
I downloaded hourly 2-m air temperature and total precipitation data from ERA5-Land using the API & the default Python script, and subsequently computed monthly mean temperature and cumulative monthly precipitation. For … --- ## [API download error - ERA5-Land](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/api-download-error-era5-land/14661)
**Author:** [@Felipe\_Palma](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Felipe_Palma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 February 2026 22:48 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/api-download-error-era5-land/14661 "2026-02-02T22:48:44Z")
I’m trying to download 2m\_temperature and snow\_cover data from ERA5-Land using the cdsapi. I used a slightly modified version of the request generated by the CDS website and I get the following error message: Full error… --- ## ["moda" Stream Type in ERA5-Land Monthly Averaged Data](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/moda-stream-type-in-era5-land-monthly-averaged-data/14651)
**Author:** [@M\_M\_Bateni](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/M_M_Bateni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 January 2026 09:38 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/moda-stream-type-in-era5-land-monthly-averaged-data/14651 "2026-01-28T09:38:45Z")
I am currently working with ERA5-Land monthly averaged reanalysis data from the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS). In the NetCDF file I downloaded, I noticed the following entry in the global attributes: :history = “2… --- ## [ERA5-Land wind data](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-wind-data/14646)
**Author:** [@Jasmine\_Apawti](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Jasmine_Apawti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 January 2026 09:14 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-wind-data/14646 "2026-01-27T09:14:29Z")
Hi all, I am new to ERA5-Land usage. I wanted to get wind data for the island Curaçao (on January 2000) and used these coordinates North: 12.5°N South: 12.0°N East: -68.7°E West: -69.2°E to get the data. I read the file… --- ## [Does the ERA5-Land Hourly Dataset update ever multiple times from initial value to final value?](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/does-the-era5-land-hourly-dataset-update-ever-multiple-times-from-initial-value-to-final-value/14556)
**Author:** [@Cade\_Justad](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Cade_Justad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 January 2026 18:21 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/does-the-era5-land-hourly-dataset-update-ever-multiple-times-from-initial-value-to-final-value/14556 "2026-01-13T18:21:17Z")
For the Era5-LAND hourly dataset, when the initial data (ERA5T) is loaded in roughly five days after present, is it ever updated more than once before it is validated and permanently stored? Are there multiple versions … --- ## [ERA5-Land data pre-1978 seems to be derived from long deprecated and removed ERA5.P data?](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-data-pre-1978-seems-to-be-derived-from-long-deprecated-and-removed-era5-p-data/14180)
**Author:** [@Delvin\_Hu](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Delvin_Hu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [5 December 2025 14:26 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-data-pre-1978-seems-to-be-derived-from-long-deprecated-and-removed-era5-p-data/14180 "2025-12-05T14:26:45Z")
I’m posting what I noticed here, as there seems to be no mention at all in the ERA5-Land documentation of what seems to be a very large discrepency in ERA5-Land and ERA5 in South America and Africa prior to 1970. ERA5-L… --- ## [Latent Heat Flux in ERA5-Land monthly averaged dataset](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/latent-heat-flux-in-era5-land-monthly-averaged-dataset/14452)
**Author:** [@Yue\_Fang1](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Yue_Fang1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 November 2025 09:49 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/latent-heat-flux-in-era5-land-monthly-averaged-dataset/14452 "2025-11-24T09:49:36Z")
Hello. I noticed that the unit for the Surface Latent Heat Flux parameter in the ERA5-Land monthly averaged dataset is J/m². I’d like to know over what time period this energy is generated, because while the dataset is l… --- ## [The job failed with: MultiAdaptorNoDataError](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/the-job-failed-with-multiadaptornodataerror/14444)
**Author:** [@user409](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/user409)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [21 November 2025 12:28 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/the-job-failed-with-multiadaptornodataerror/14444 "2025-11-21T12:28:00Z")
When I downloaded the input using two methods, the following issues occurred.Please help me. Request ID: a2d4a7ad-904e-42b6-854c-0a610200fa25 Your user ID: 6115a7b5-0323-4611-b477-9f02795d2944 Trace ID of the error: b… --- ## [ERA5-land conflicting expver](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-conflicting-expver/14421)
**Author:** [@sam\_doolin](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/sam_doolin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 November 2025 17:27 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-conflicting-expver/14421 "2025-11-14T17:27:51Z")
at the time of writing, the following request fails to produce a readable netcdf file: { "variable": \[ "2m\_temperature", "total\_precipitation", "surface\_solar\_radiation\_downwards", "2m\_dewpoint\_tempera… --- ## [43/5000 A problem regarding the unit conversion of ERA5-Land monthly averaged data](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/43-5000-a-problem-regarding-the-unit-conversion-of-era5-land-monthly-averaged-data/14419)
**Author:** [@user415](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/user415)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 November 2025 09:45 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/43-5000-a-problem-regarding-the-unit-conversion-of-era5-land-monthly-averaged-data/14419 "2025-11-14T09:45:55Z")
Dear all, I have some troubles with the conversion of precipitation units in this dataset. When I was converting the units of precipitation from meters to millimeters, I directly multiplied by 1000, but the conversion … --- ## [ERA5 Land Data Download](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-data-download/14129)
**Author:** [@Ashok\_Ghimire](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Ashok_Ghimire)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2025 11:08 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-land-data-download/14129 "2025-11-06T11:08:33Z")
I have been trying to access ERA5 Land datasets and the only way I got was to download each month of each year individually and that takes too much time. I want to download total precipitation, 2-m temperature and snowfa… [Next page](https://forum.ecmwf.int/tag/era5-land/20.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=era5-land)