era5get

help info:

• era5wrf

``` usage: era5wrf [-h] [-d DATE] [-a AREA] [-p PATH] {e5pl,e5sfc,e5land}

Retrive ERA5 hourly data from cds as forcing of WRF

positional arguments: {e5pl,e5sfc,e5land} Category, currently accepts the following options: e5pl (ERA5 data on pressure levels) | e5sfc (ERA5 data on single level) | e5land (ERA5-land)

options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -d DATE, --date DATE Specify on which dates data should be retrieved acceptable formats: YYYY (days in YYYY) | YYYYMM (days in YYYYMM) | YYYYMMDD (this day) | yyyy-YYYY (days in years between yyyy and YYYY) | yyyymm-YYYYMM (days in months between yyyymm and YYYYMM) | yyyymmdd-YYYYMMDD (days between the two dates) -a AREA, --area AREA Specify the area within which data should be retrieved in format of NN,WW,SS,EE -p PATH, --path PATH Specify the directory to store the grib files ```

• era5get

``` usage: era5get [-h] [-d DATE] [-u UPDATES] [-p PATH] opt

Retrive ERA5 data from cds according to a yaml file and modifications

positional arguments: opt Category, currently accepts the following options: e5pl (ERA5 data on pressure levels) | e5sfc (ERA5 data on single level) | e5land (ERA5-land) | yaml file

options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -d DATE, --date DATE Specify on which dates/months data should be retrieved acceptable formats: YYYY (days/months in YYYY) | YYYYMM (days in YYYYMM or this month) | YYYYMMDD (this day or the month of this day) | yyyy-YYYY (days/months in years between yyyy and YYYY) | yyyymm-YYYYMM (days in months between yyyymm and YYYYMM or these months) | yyyymmdd-YYYYMMDD (days/months between the two dates) -u UPDATES, --updates UPDATES Update the second argument to c.retrieve() in format of key0:value0,value1,...;key2:value0,value1,... . f.ex: area:NN,WW,SS,EE -p PATH, --path PATH Specify the directory to store the grib files

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what you will need:

python import cdsapi

what else you will need:

refer to cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api-how-to for help on cdsapi (the Climate Data Store Application Program Interface).