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2.5Gb.

n.b. On some systems, this file is too big for gzip to uncompress. In which case download the specific resolutions you need.

FilenameSizeDescription
<version>/ifsdata_climatology_<version>.tgz15MbContains the various long-lived gases and aerosol climatologies used by the model. Unpacks into a directory called climate.
<version>/ifsdata_<version>_climate_t*.tar.gzvaries

Contains ozone climatology for all supported horizontal and vertical resolutions, including full and reduced Gaussian grid versions.

For example, unpacks into two directories, 40 and 40r1. The files in 40r1 link to the files in 40 but allow for model version specific changes

<version>/ifsdata_<version>_climate_t*.tar

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gzvaries

These files do not need to be downloaded if you download the above ifsdata_<version>_climate.tar.gz. These contain the same data but split one file per horizontal resolution.
If you want to save space, you can download just the resolutions you intend working with.

<version>/ifsdata_rtables_<version>.tar.gz<1MbContains namelists defining the supported grid resolutions for the radiation scheme. File name suffix refers to the type of grid and last 3 digits refers to the horizontal resolution. Unpacks to a directory: rtables
<version>/ifsdata_vtables_<version>.tar.gz<1MbContains namelists defining the coefficients for the supported vertical resolutions. File name suffix refers to the number of levels. Unpacks to a directory: vtables.

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Code Block
% mkdir oifs/ifsdata
% cd oifs/ifsdata

% ftp ftp.ecmwf.int
Connected to ftp.ecmwf.int.
Name (ftp.ecmwf.int): openifs
331 User openifs OK. Password required
ftp> cd data/40r1
ftp> prompt
Interactive mode off.
ftp> mget ifsdata_*.tgz
ftp> quit

% tarfor zxf ifsdata_climatology_40r1.tgz
% tar zxf ifsdata_cy40r1_climate_ff in *.tgz
%; do tar zxf ifsdata_rtables_40r1.tgz
% tar zxf ifsdata_vtables_40r1.tgz$ff; done
% rm *.tar.gz
 
% ls
40  40r1  climatology  namelist  rtables  vtables

40r1


OpenIFS 40r1 expects the vtables and rtables directories to be at the same directory level as the 40r1 directory. This was changed in later versions of OpenIFS.

To allow for this, make links from the 'oifs/ifsdata' created above:

Code Block
% cd oifs/ifsdata
% ln -s 40r1/vtables vtables
% ln -s 40r1/rtables rtables


Additional software

OpenIFS users may also find the Metview and MAGICS graphics software useful with OpenIFS.

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