daniloceano
Member
Thank you for the guidance. I’ve been downloading ERA5 directly from the CDS using cdsapi in GRIB format; I’ll switch to the recommended era5_to_int workflow and see how that goes.
One point I’d like to confirm before re‑running everything: for the surface fields I currently request the following list. Could you let me know if I’m missing anything essential for MPAS initialization, or if some of these are unnecessary?
				
			One point I’d like to confirm before re‑running everything: for the surface fields I currently request the following list. Could you let me know if I’m missing anything essential for MPAS initialization, or if some of these are unnecessary?
- 10m_u_component_of_wind
- 10m_v_component_of_wind
- 2m_temperature
- 2m_dewpoint_temperature
- surface_pressure
- mean_sea_level_pressure
- skin_temperature
- sea_surface_temperature
- sea_ice_cover
- land_sea_mask
- snow_depth
- soil_temperature_level_1
- soil_temperature_level_2
- soil_temperature_level_3
- soil_temperature_level_4
- volumetric_soil_water_layer_1
- volumetric_soil_water_layer_2
- volumetric_soil_water_layer_3
- volumetric_soil_water_layer_4
