From 3a85df033219492ebc72dfa2685e271c1301de7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ezhilsabareesh8 <ezhilsabareesh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:47:40 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Update ERA5 DATM streams

---
 data_stream_xml_generation/generate_xml_datm_era5.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data_stream_xml_generation/generate_xml_datm_era5.py b/data_stream_xml_generation/generate_xml_datm_era5.py
index c82781fd..ea279f20 100644
--- a/data_stream_xml_generation/generate_xml_datm_era5.py
+++ b/data_stream_xml_generation/generate_xml_datm_era5.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 # timestamp is at the midpoint of the represented hour. Instantaneous fields keep offset=0.
 #
 # stream_name, era5_prefix, [(source_var, cime_var), ...], mapalgo, offset_seconds
+#
+# CDEPS derives ERA5 shortwave bands from ssrd; omit albedo-like aluv/alni streams.
 STREAM_SPECS = [
     ("ERA5.RAINC", "cp", [("cp", "Faxa_rainc")], "consf", -1800),
     ("ERA5.RAINL", "lsp", [("lsp", "Faxa_rainl")], "consf", -1800),
@@ -40,10 +42,6 @@
     ("ERA5.LWDN", "strd", [("strd", "Faxa_lwdn")], "consf", -1800),
     ("ERA5.SWDN", "ssrd", [("ssrd", "Faxa_swdn")], "consf", -1800),
     ("ERA5.SWNET", "ssr", [("ssr", "Faxa_swnet")], "consf", -1800),
-    ("ERA5.SWVDR", "aluvp", [("aluvp", "Faxa_swvdr")], "patch", 0),
-    ("ERA5.SWVDF", "aluvd", [("aluvd", "Faxa_swvdf")], "patch", 0),
-    ("ERA5.SWNDR", "alnip", [("alnip", "Faxa_swndr")], "patch", 0),
-    ("ERA5.SWNDF", "alnid", [("alnid", "Faxa_swndf")], "patch", 0),
     (
         "ERA5.SLP_10",
         "msl",