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Introduction

The Climate Data Store (CDS) API is the service to allow users to request data from CDS datasets via a python script. These scripts use a number of keywords which vary from dataset to dataset, usually following the sections of the CDS download form.

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Datasets name

Keywords

variable

format

experiment

ensemble_member

period

model

Example script

CMIP5 daily data on single levels:

'projections-cmip5-daily-single-levels'

'2m_temperature'

'zip'

'historical'

'r1i1p1'

'19750101-19991231'

'access1_3'

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import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve(
    'projections-cmip5-daily-single-levels',
    {
        'ensemble_member': 'r1i1p1',
        'format': 'zip',
        'experiment': 'historical',
        'variable': '2m_temperature',
        'model': 'access1_3',
        'period': '19750101-19991231',
    },
    'download.zip')

CMIP5 monthly data on single levels:

'projections-cmip5-monthly-single-levels'

'10m_wind_speed'

'zip'

'amip'

'r1i1p1'

'197901-200812'

'cnrm_cm5'

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import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve(
    'projections-cmip5-monthly-single-levels',
    {
        'ensemble_member': 'r1i1p1',
        'format': 'zip',
        'experiment': 'amip',
        'variable': '10m_wind_speed',
        'model': 'cnrm_cm5',
        'period': '197901-200812',
    },
    'download.zip')

CMIP5 daily data on pressure levels:

'projections-cmip5-daily-pressure-levels'

'u_component_of_wind'

'zip'

'historical'

'r1i1p1'

'20050101-20051231'

'access1_0'

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import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve(
    'projections-cmip5-daily-pressure-levels',
    {
        'ensemble_member': 'r1i1p1',
        'format': 'zip',
        'experiment': 'historical',
        'variable': 'u_component_of_wind',
        'model': 'access1_0',
        'period': '20050101-20051231',
    },
    'download.zip')

CMIP5 monthly data on pressure levels:

'projections-cmip5-monthly-pressure-levels'

'u_component_of_wind'

'tgz'

'rcp_2_6'

'r3i1p1'

'200601-210012'

'ipsl_cm5a_lr'

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import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve(
    'projections-cmip5-monthly-pressure-levels',
    {
        'ensemble_member': 'r3i1p1',
        'format': 'tgz',
        'experiment': 'rcp_2_6',
        'variable': 'u_component_of_wind',
        'model': 'ipsl_cm5a_lr',
        'period': '200601-210012',
    },
    'download.tar.gz')

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_{The activities leading to these results have been contracted by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, operator of C3S on behalf of the European Union (Delegation agreement signed on 11/11/2014). All information in this document is provided "as is" and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose.}

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