We are planning to introduce a new upgrade of the CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) real-time data assimilation and forecasting system on 24 January 2017. This upgrade includes various improvements of the aerosol module as well as the introduction of two new satellite instruments (OMPS and PMAp) in the data assimilation. More information can be found at http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/implementation-ifs-cycle-43r1cams.
We have been running the new system for some months now and the CAMS Validation team has assessed the output to ensure the quality of the analyses and forecasts. The validation report is available from the CAMS web site.
Users wanting to access the output from the current e-suite test system can find the data from 2 October 2016 onwards directly on MARS or through our WebAPI service as described here: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/COPSRV/Accessing+CAMS+43r1+test+data.
For users, who are registered to our operational ftp server, we now also provide daily global test data in the CAMS_NREALTIME_TEST and CAMS_NREALTIME_BC_TEST directories.
For any questions, please contact the Copernicus User Support Section at copernicus-support@ecmwf.int.
Best regards,
Florian Pappenberger
Director of Forecasts