WRF run using ERA5

https://dreambooker.site/2019/10/03/Initializing-the-WRF-model-with-ERA5-pressure-level/

This is the tutorial of using WRF with ERA5 pressure level (38 vertical levels) data.
If you prefer model level (138 vertical levels), please check another tutorial.

I recommend the pressure level data, because the download speed is much faster.
If you don’t have cdsapi, please check this official tutorial.

Required Fields

WRF requires a number of fields as input.
* 3D Data (e.g. data on pressure levels)
    * Temperature
    * U and V components of Wind
    * Geopotential Height
    * Relative Humidity (the code can calculate RH if Specific Humidity is available;this is controlled in the Vtable)
* 2D Data
    * Surface Pressure
    * Mean Sea Level Pressure
    * Skin Temperature/SST
    * 2-meter Temperature
    * 2-meter Relative or Specific Humidity
    * 10-meter U and V components of wind
    * Soil data (temperature and moisture) and soil height
If any masked field is ingested, then a LANDSEA field is recommended
Water equivalent snow depth (SNOW) is a nice field to have, but not required.
SEAICE is good to have for a high latitude winter case, but it is not required.

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To Download ERA5, CDS API is recommended:
https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api-how-to

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Single level data (Create a file: GetERA5-sl.py)
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import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve(
    'reanalysis-era5-single-levels',
    {
        'product_type':'reanalysis',
        'format':'grib',
        'variable':[
            '10m_u_component_of_wind','10m_v_component_of_wind','2m_dewpoint_temperature',
            '2m_temperature','land_sea_mask','mean_sea_level_pressure',
            'sea_ice_cover','sea_surface_temperature','skin_temperature',
            'snow_depth','soil_temperature_level_1','soil_temperature_level_2',
            'soil_temperature_level_3','soil_temperature_level_4','surface_pressure',
            'volumetric_soil_water_layer_1','volumetric_soil_water_layer_2','volumetric_soil_water_layer_3',
            'volumetric_soil_water_layer_4'
        ],
        'date':'DATE1/DATE2',
        'area':'Nort/West/Sout/East',
        'time':'00/to/23/by/1',
    },
    'ERA5-DATE1-DATE2-sl.grib')

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Pressure level data (Create a file: GetERA5-pl.py)
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import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve(
    'reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels',
    {
        'product_type':'reanalysis',
        'format':'grib',
        'pressure_level':[
            '1','2','3',
            '5','7','10',
            '20','30','50',
            '70','100','125',
            '150','175','200',
            '225','250','300',
            '350','400','450',
            '500','550','600',
            '650','700','750',
            '775','800','825',
            '850','875','900',
            '925','950','975',
            '1000'
        ],
        'date':'DATE1/DATE2',
        'area':'Nort/West/Sout/East',
        'time':'00/to/23/by/1',
        'variable':[
            'geopotential','relative_humidity','specific_humidity',
            'temperature','u_component_of_wind','v_component_of_wind'
        ]
    },
    'ERA5-DATE1-DATE2-pl.grib')

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Automation script (Download)
You can automate the script rather than change elements one by one.
#!/bin/bash -l

CODEDIR=/nuist/u/home/yinyan/xin/scratch/data/ERA5/code
DATADIR=/nuist/u/home/yinyan/xin/scratch/data/ERA5/data

# Set your python environment
export PATH=~/xin/work/anaconda3/bin:$PATH
source activate root
cd $CODEDIR

DATE1=20170419
DATE2=20170420
YY1=`echo $DATE1 | cut -c1-4`
MM1=`echo $DATE1 | cut -c5-6`
DD1=`echo $DATE1 | cut -c7-8`
YY2=`echo $DATE2 | cut -c1-4`
MM2=`echo $DATE2 | cut -c5-6`
DD2=`echo $DATE2 | cut -c7-8`
Nort=60
West=80
Sout=15
East=150

sed -e "s/DATE1/${DATE1}/g;s/DATE2/${DATE2}/g;s/Nort/${Nort}/g;s/West/${West}/g;s/Sout/${Sout}/g;s/East/${East}/g;" GetERA5-sl.py > GetERA5-${DATE1}-${DATE2}-sl.py

python GetERA5-${DATE1}-${DATE2}-sl.py

sed -e "s/DATE1/${DATE1}/g;s/DATE2/${DATE2}/g;s/Nort/${Nort}/g;s/West/${West}/g;s/Sout/${Sout}/g;s/East/${East}/g;" GetERA5-pl.py > GetERA5-${DATE1}-${DATE2}-pl.py

python GetERA5-${DATE1}-${DATE2}-pl.py

mkdir -p ${DATADIR}/$YY1

mv ERA5-${DATE1}-${DATE2}-sl.grib ERA5-${DATE1}-${DATE2}-pl.grib ${DATADIR}/$YY1/


exit 0

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geogrid
Run geogrid.exe as usual.
If you’re not familiar with WRF, please check the online tutorial in detail.

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ungrib
Run ungrib.exe by using the Vtable.ERA-interim.pl table:
$ ln -s ./ungrib/Variable_Tables/Vtable.ERA-interim.pl Vtable

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metgrid
Run metgrid.exe as usual.
References
1. How to run the WRF model using ERA5 (on model levels) as initial and boundary conditions
2. Grib to Netcdf conversion
3. Download ERA-Interim data
4. UNGRIB: Required Fields