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The data is downloaded via web-api using python scripts. You will need to download the appropriate python modules to run these scripts. For example, the python scripts will contain from commands like this example,
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#!/usr/bin/env python
#
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
# To run this example, you need an API key
# available from https://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/
server = ECMWFDataServer(verbose=1)
server.retrieve({
'dataset' : "rom_saf_3198",
'stream' : "moda",
'levtype' : "pl",
'levelist': "1000",
'date' : "20150301",
'type' : "an",
'param' : "131.128",
'grid' : "0.5/0.5",
'format' : "netcdf",
'target' : "rom_saf_3198.nc"
})
General information related to downloading the data via web-api, is described here:
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You will now have the modules needed in the python scripts. (I actually needed this command for the ECMWF system pip install --user ecmwf-api-client because of local permssions).
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