7.4.3.6. ORAS5 Currents Dataloader

Ocean Reanalysis System 5 (ORAS5) is a publicly available dataset providing estimated values for many different ocean parameters, including ocean currents.

From their website:

This dataset provides global ocean and sea-ice reanalysis (ORAS5: Ocean Reanalysis System 5) monthly mean data prepared by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) OCEAN5 ocean analysis-reanalysis system. This system comprises 5 ensemble members from which one member is published in this catalogue entry.

Name in config: 'oras5_currents'

Data can be downloaded from here

class meshiphi.dataloaders.vector.oras5_current.ORAS5CurrentDataLoader(bounds, params)

import_data(bounds)

Reads in data from a ORAS5 Depth NetCDF files. Renames coordinates to ‘lat’ and ‘long’, and renames variable to ‘uC, vC’

Parameters:

bounds (Boundary) – Initial boundary to limit the dataset to

Returns:

ORAS5 currents dataset within limits of bounds. Dataset has coordinates ‘lat’, ‘long’, and variable ‘uC’, ‘vC’

Return type:

xr.Dataset