diff --git a/conf/archive.yml b/conf/archive.yml
index 1f226a0745bf9f4f49edd560f5d68a7c70489dce..eb8e86a574e680085c53ac4c115b426b75e3a559 100644
--- a/conf/archive.yml
+++ b/conf/archive.yml
@@ -179,5 +179,24 @@ archive:
             monthly_mean: {"tas":"_f6h/"}
             calendar: "proleptic_gregorian"
             reference_grid: "/esarchive/recon/ecmwf/uerra_mescan/daily_mean/tas_f6h/tas_201805.nc"
+        CERRA:
+            name: "ECMWF CERRA"
+            institution: "European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts"
+            src: "recon/ecmwf/cerra/"
+            daily_mean: {"hur":"_f3h-r2631x1113/", "ps":"_f3h-r2631x1113/", "sfcWind":"_f3h-r2631x1113/",
+                         "tas":"_f3h-r2631x1113/", "winddir":"_f3h-r2631x1113/"}
+            monthly_mean: {"hur":"_f3h-r2631x1113/", "ps":"_f3h-r2631x1113/", "sfcWind":"_f3h-r2631x1113/",
+                           "tas":"_f3h-r2631x1113/", "winddir":"_f3h-r2631x1113/","tasmin":"_f24h-r2631x1113/","tasmax":"_f24h-r2631x1113/"}
+            calendar: "proleptic_gregorian"
+            reference_grid: "/esarchive/recon/ecmwf/cerra/monthly_mean/tas_f3h-r2631x1113/tas_200506.nc"
+        CERRA-Land:
+            name: "ECMWF CERRA-Land"
+            institution: "European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts"
+            src: "recon/ecmwf/cerraland/"
+            daily_mean: {"prlr":"_f6h-r2631x1113/"}
+            monthly_mean: {"prlr":"_f6h-r2631x1113/"}
+            calendar: "proleptic_gregorian"
+            reference_grid: "/esarchive/recon/ecmwf/cerraland/monthly_mean/prlr_f6h-r2631x1113/prlr_200412.nc"
+
 
 
diff --git a/conf/variable-dictionary.yml b/conf/variable-dictionary.yml
index 18e694bac67ac23832535ce5f4379a5ef6c6a61e..917abc64405d7a3297b557ac71547679b371cf6c 100644
--- a/conf/variable-dictionary.yml
+++ b/conf/variable-dictionary.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ vars:
     long_name: "Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed"
     standard_name: "wind_speed"
     accum: no
+  winddir:
+    units: "degrees"
+    long_name: "10 metre wind direction"
+    standard_name:
+    accum: no 
 #    outname: "wind"
   rsds:
     units: "W m-2"
@@ -89,6 +94,11 @@ vars:
     long_name: "Geopotential"
     standard_name: "geopotential"
     accum: no
+  ps:
+    units: "Pa"
+    long_name: "Surface pressure"
+    standard_name: "surface_air_pressure"
+    accum: no
   pr:
     units: "kg m-2 s-1"
     long_name: "Precipitation"
@@ -109,6 +119,11 @@ vars:
     long_name: "Total Cloud Cover Percentage"
     standard_name: "cloud_area_fraction"
     accum: no
+  hur:
+    units: "%"
+    long_name: "2 metre relative humidity"
+    standard_name: "relative_humidity"
+    accum: no
   hurs:
     units: "%"
     long_name: "Near-Surface Relative Humidity"
diff --git a/modules/Loading/Loading.R b/modules/Loading/Loading.R
index 598ddd0e4050105138e6579c290d1ef416924ee2..e5dafd0d90c2e4525c1d5e1acac0d61fb8fb01cd 100644
--- a/modules/Loading/Loading.R
+++ b/modules/Loading/Loading.R
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ load_datasets <- function(recipe) {
   	         transform_params = list(grid = regrid_params$obs.gridtype,
   		                         method = regrid_params$obs.gridmethod),
   	         transform_vars = c('latitude', 'longitude'),
-  	         synonims = list(latitude = c('lat','latitude'),
-  	                         longitude = c('lon','longitude')),
+  	         synonims = list(latitude = c('lat', 'y', 'latitude'),
+  	                         longitude = c('lon', 'x', 'longitude')),
   	         return_vars = list(latitude = 'dat',
   		                    longitude = 'dat',
   		                    time = 'file_date'),
diff --git a/modules/Loading/testing_recipes/recipe_seasonal-tests.yml b/modules/Loading/testing_recipes/recipe_seasonal-tests.yml
index cda98c913123a5ec1f9f194c21e26f2d3dcddea4..b4e05fc4a167f8bc68100810211c291b5a7cec8f 100644
--- a/modules/Loading/testing_recipes/recipe_seasonal-tests.yml
+++ b/modules/Loading/testing_recipes/recipe_seasonal-tests.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ Analysis:
       name: ECMWF-SEAS5.1
     Multimodel: False
     Reference:
-      name: ERA5
+      name: CERRA
   Time:
     sdate: '0101'
     fcst_year:
     hcst_start: '2000'
-    hcst_end: '2015'
+    hcst_end: '2005'
     ftime_min: 1
     ftime_max: 2
   Region:
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Analysis:
     lonmin: -10
     lonmax: 30
   Regrid:
-    method: bilinear
-    type: to_system
+    method: 
+    type: none 
   Workflow:
     Calibration:
       method: raw