.. _variables_era5land:

ERA5-Land Variables
-------------------

The following table contains all variable names that can be used for the
``era5land download`` and ``era5land reshuffle`` programs.

Note that the “default” column indicates which variables are downloaded
if none are specified.

+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| **Variable**                                 | **Short    | **D      |
|                                              | Name**     | efault** |
+==============================================+============+==========+
| 10 metre U wind component                    | u10        | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| 10 metre V wind component                    | v10        | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| 2 metre dewpoint temperature                 | d2m        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| 2 metre temperature                          | t2m        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Evaporation from bare soil                   | evabs      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Evaporation from open water surfaces         | evaow      | 1        |
| excluding oceans                             |            |          |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Evaporation from the top of canopy           | evatc      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Evaporation from vegetation transpiration    | evavt      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Forecast albedo                              | fal        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake bottom temperature                      | lblt       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake ice depth                               | licd       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake ice temperature                         | lict       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake mix-layer depth                         | lmld       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake mix-layer temperature                   | lmlt       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake shape factor                            | lshf       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Lake total layer temperature                 | ltlt       | 0        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Leaf area index high vegetation              | lai_hv     | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Leaf area index low vegetation               | lai_lv     | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Potential evaporation                        | pev        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Runoff                                       | ro         | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Skin reservoir content                       | src        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Skin temperature                             | skt        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snow albedo                                  | asn        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snow Cover                                   | snowc      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snow density                                 | rsn        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snow depth                                   | sd         | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snow Depth Water Equivalent                  | swe        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snow evaporation                             | es         | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snowfall                                     | sf         | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Snowmelt                                     | smlt       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Soil temperature level 1                     | stl1       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Soil temperature level 2                     | stl2       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Soil temperature level 3                     | stl3       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Soil temperature level 4                     | stl4       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Sub-surface runoff                           | ssro       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface latent heat flux                     | slhf       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface net solar radiation                  | ssr        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface net thermal radiation                | str        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface pressure                             | sp         | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface runoff                               | sro        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface sensible heat flux                   | sshf       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface solar radiation downwards            | ssrd       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Surface thermal radiation downwards          | strd       | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Temperature of snow layer                    | tsn        | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Evaporation                                  | e          | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Total precipitation                          | tp         | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Volumetric soil water layer 1                | swvl1      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Volumetric soil water layer 2                | swvl2      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Volumetric soil water layer 3                | swvl3      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+
| Volumetric soil water layer 4                | swvl4      | 1        |
+----------------------------------------------+------------+----------+