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Scope

The ECMWF FTP service provides access to real-time data from the CAMS global atmospheric composition system. For product documentation please see here. For a description of the current global model please see here (including information on system upgrades) . For other data access options please see here.

Please see the list of available atmospheric composition variables below and make sure your variables of interest are available. Please contact us if you require any additional species.

User accounts

To get access to CAMS global data, you need user accounts on the ECMWF website, and on the ECMWF FTP service.

  1. Log on to www.ecmwf.int. (If you do not have an account create one)
  2. Read the CAMS data licence and accept the license at the bottom of the page.
  3. Send an email to copernicus-support@ecmwf.int, providing 
    1. the user name you used to log into www.ecmwf.int and accept the license
    2. for our service planning, a brief description of how you intend to use the data, and which chemical species are most relevant for you

Data location

FTP server

ftp://dissemination.ecmwf.int

Data directory

/DATA/CAMS_GLOBAL/${YYYYMMDDhh}

Retention policy

Forecast are kept for 3 days

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