I was wondering if it is possible to request data using the API with time given in hours since 01-01-1900, which appears to be how it is given in netCDF files. So instead of the usual year/month/day/time arrays, you would request something like the following:
c.retrieve( 'reanalysis-era5-land',
{ 'format': 'netcdf',
'variable': [ '2m_dewpoint_temperature', '2m_temperature', ],
'hours': [ '1074168', '1074169', '1074170', '1074171', '1074172', '1074173' ], },
'download.nc')
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Kevin Marsh
Hi Peter, the recommended way to specify dates/times in your CDS API request is to follow the method shown on the relevant CDS 'download data' page. For the ERA5-Land data https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/reanalysis-era5-land?tab=form
These are 'year','month','day','time'
e.g.:
'year': '2018', 'month': '08', 'day': '27', 'time': [ '00:00', '01:00', '02:00', '03:00', '04:00', '05:00', '06:00', '07:00', '08:00', '09:00', '10:00', '11:00', '12:00', '13:00', '14:00', '15:00', '16:00', '17:00', '18:00', '19:00', '20:00', '21:00', '22:00', '23:00', ],
(Using other keywords/values can lead to requests failing)
Hope that helps,
Kevin