# Wednesday October 12th 2022: My ERA5 Journey: From API-to-ARCO

**URL:** <https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814>\
**Category:** Pangeo Showcase\
**Created:** [October 7, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814 "2022-10-07T18:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimColl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/jimcoll/32/1671_2.png) [@JimColl](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/JimColl)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814/1 "2022-10-07T18:47:47Z")

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[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/pangeo/original/2X/5/5f85ca1c6e31f4e75aefbf6f04f64f7b1a9e87ca.jpeg "My ERA5 Journey: From API-to-ARCO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S8L8_-4R8Q)

Pangeo Showcase talk by Rich Signell, USGS

**Bio**  
Rich Signell is a Research Oceanographer at the USGS.  
**Abstract:**  
Although some ERA5 data is already accessible from object storage, much is not, and must be obtained via their API. This talk chronicles my journey to use the API to access ERA5-Land data (snow depth and soil moisture) and create a cloud-optimized dataset using Dask, Xarray, Xbitinfo, Kerchunk, and Intake.  
**Additional Info**

> **[GitHub - rsignell-usgs/pangeo\_showcase\_20221012: Notebooks for Pangeo...](https://github.com/rsignell-usgs/pangeo_showcase_20221012)**
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> Notebooks for Pangeo Showcase Talk on Oct 12, 2022 - GitHub - rsignell-usgs/pangeo\_showcase\_20221012: Notebooks for Pangeo Showcase Talk on Oct 12, 2022

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**Author:** ![stb2145](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/stb2145/32/774_2.png) [@stb2145](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/stb2145)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814/2 "2022-10-13T00:27:14Z")

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Hi, was this recorded?

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**Author:** ![JimColl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/jimcoll/32/1671_2.png) [@JimColl](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/JimColl)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814/3 "2022-10-13T14:54:09Z")

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It was. Once that’s processed this showcase ([and all the archives](https://pangeo.io/pangeo-showcase.html#)) have a Zenodo link which includes slides and recordings (usually ~1 day lag). Once I figure out how to get on Youtube I’ll get my backlog of recordings (Peter, Leah, and Rich) uploaded into the [showcase playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18_e8wmI9Os&list=PLuQQBBQFfpgq0OvjKbjcYgTDzDxTqtwua) as well.

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**Author:** ![stb2145](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/stb2145/32/774_2.png) [@stb2145](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/stb2145)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814/4 "2022-10-13T17:23:18Z")

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Ah, great. Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![rsignell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/rsignell/32/447_2.png) [@rsignell](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/rsignell)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814/5 "2022-11-04T13:14:00Z")

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@stb2145, I’ve modified the item info above to include the recording…

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**Author:** ![stb2145](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/stb2145/32/774_2.png) [@stb2145](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/stb2145)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/wednesday-october-12th-2022-my-era5-journey-from-api-to-arco/2814/6 "2022-11-04T16:57:59Z")

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Perfect, thank you for the follow up!