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If there is a message in your data retrieval output about "damaged tape", it means that the data is currently not available. Normally a tape recovery process is ongoing in our data centre in such cases but it can take a long time to resolve it. Also there is always a possibility that some data could not be recovered. For the exact list of currently missing data because of the damaged tapes, refer to the information in Damaged tapes in ECMWF library in ... (To Be Added)
- How can I use TIGGE if I can't read GRIB2 format data?
Several tools are available to convert GRIB2 data to NETCDF, and also to use the data in either the original GRIB2 format or NETCDF - for more information, please see the links on the tools page.
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