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This keyword makes the selection between observations, images or fields, and it determines some of the valid remaining keywords of the request. A full list of ECMWF types is available online.
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This keyword makes the selection between observations, images or fields, and it determines some of the valid remaining keywords of the request. Examples of field types are: Analysis (an), forecast (fc), perturbed forecast (pf), control forecast (cf). Many other types will retrieve fields, and will need keywords related to fields. For example, note that a forecast field will need keyword step, a perturbed forecast will need keyword number, and so on. A full list of ECMWF types is available online.
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