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Test data is available from 10 January 2019 onwards from the MARS archive, while a test dataset is currently available for one day on the FTP server: 17 March 2019. 

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If you don't have access to ECMWF computers but would still like to access a large subset of test data you can use ECMWF WebAPI service.

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Read documentation and see brief request syntax of the ECMWF WebAPI service.

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Code Block
languagepy
titleNetCDF
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()

server.retrieve({
    "dataset":   "cams_esuite",
    "stream":    "oper",
    "type":      "fc",
    "date":      "20190011020190110/to/20190119",
    "time":      "00",    
    "step":      "0/to/23/by/1",
    "levtype":   "sfc",
    "format":    "netcdf",
    "param" :    "aod550",         # see parameter table at http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ftp-access-global-data
    "grid":      "0.4/0.4",        # 0.4 x 0.4 regular lat-lon grid
    "area":      "70/-35/35/60",   # N/E/S/W area boundaries
    "target":    "/tmp/cams_test_201707.nc"
})

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FTP dissemination

The test dataset is available through ECPDS FTP dissemination systems in these directories:

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