Uchenna2000/ERA5-reanalysis

This code fetches era5 monthly averaged reanalysis temperature data from cds from 1994 till 2024 for Africa and converts this temperature data to geotiff file for visualization in QGIS ERA5 Reanalysis Temperature to GeoTIFF (1994–2023) for Africa. This Python script fetches ERA5 monthly-averaged reanalysis 2-meter air temperature data from the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS) for Africa (1994–2023). It then calculates annual mean temperatures and saves them as a 30-band GeoTIFF, with each band representing one year, for easy visualization in QGIS or other GIS software. Requirements: Make sure to install the following packages: pip install cdsapi xarray cfgrib numpy Also ensure you have GDAL and the NetCDF/GRIB drivers installed # Key Features Downloads ERA5 monthly 2m temperature data for Africa Averages monthly data to compute annual means Outputs a 30-band GeoTIFF (1994–2023) suitable for GIS analysis Output File: era5_annual_temperature.tif Bands: 30 (each representing annual mean temperature from 1994–2023) Projection: WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) Region: Africa The data unit is Kelvin. You may want to convert it to Celsius: C = K - 273.15