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Second, ensure that your Metview installation was built with Mars Web Access enabled. When configuring with CMake (Metview version 4.5.x), Mars Web Access will be automatically enabled if the curl development library is found on the system. When configuring with autotools (Metview version 4.4.x), the option is --enable-mars-web-access and is enabled by default. The only reason for disabling this option is if your system does not have the curl development library (libcurl) installed.
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The important parameters to set in order to use the Web API are Database (should be set to 'Data Server' for the public datasets, or 'Web API' for the core MARS archive) and Dataset. Otherwise, the retrieval should be as described in the Web API guide. It may be useful to create a Mars Retrieval icon with the Database parameter set, and put it into an icon drawer (at the bottom of the Metview desktop) or the Mars Retrieval icon template drawer for future re-use.
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Users who have started Metview for the first time fairly recently ( with version 4.4.x onwards ) should already have some example icons and a macro in their Getting Started folder. The icons are also available for separate download - untar these into a Metview folder to start exploring them.
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RETRIEVE, DATASET = tigge, TYPE = PF, LEVTYPE = SFC, PARAM = TP, DATE = 20071001, STEP = 12, NUMBER = ALL, GRID = 1.5/1.5, DATABASE = Data Server |
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Example retrieval for core archive data (icon parameters)
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RETRIEVE,
PARAM = T,
DATE = -2,
GRID = 1/1,
DATABASE = Web API |
Example retrieval for ERA Interim data (Macro language code)
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