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1. Real-time forecasts:

       The JMA real-time forecasts consist of a 25-member ensemble running every Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 12Z

1.1 case 1: 1 param, 1 date

Retrieving one field (10 meter U wind here) for all time steps and  for the forecast starting on  6 January 2015:

1.1.1 Control forecast
Code Block
languagepy
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
 "class": "s2",
 "dataset": "s2s",
 "date": "2015-01-06",
 "expver": "prod",
 "levtype": "sfc",
 "origin": "rjtd",
 "param": "165",
 "step":
"12/to/804/by/24",
 "stream": "enfo",
 "target": "CHANGEME",
 "time": "12",
 "type": "cf",
})
1.1.2 Perturbed forecasts
Code Block
languagepy
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
    "class": "s2",
    "dataset": "s2s",
    "date": "2015-01-06",
    "expver": "prod",
    "levtype": "sfc",
    "origin": "rjtd",
    "param": "165",
    "step":
"12/to/804/by/24",
    "stream": "enfo",
    "target": "CHANGEME",
    "number": "1/to/24",
    "time": "12",
    "type": "pf",
})

 

1.2 Case 2: 1 param, series of dates

Retrieving 1 field (10m U) for all time steps and for the whole January 2015

1.2.1 Control Forecast
Code Block
languagepy
 #!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
 "class": "s2",
 "dataset": "s2s",
 "date": "2015-01-06/2015-01-07/2015-01-13/2015-01-14/2015-01-20/2015-01-21/2015-01-27/2015-01-28",
 "expver": "prod",
 "levtype": "sfc",
 "origin": "rjtd",
 "param": "165",
 "step": "12/to/804/by/24",
 "stream": "enfo",
 "target": "CHANGEME",
 "time": "12",
 "type": "cf",
})

 

1.2.2 Perturbed forecasts

 

Code Block
languagepy
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
    "class": "s2",
    "dataset": "s2s",
    "date": "2015-01-06/2015-01-07/2015-01-13/2015-01-14/2015-01-20/2015-01-21/2015-01-27/2015-01-28",
    "expver": "prod",
    "levtype": "sfc",
    "origin": "rjtd",
    "param": "165",
    "step": "12/to/804/by/24",
    "stream": "enfo",
    "target": "CHANGEME",
    "number": "1/to/24",
    "time": "12",
    "type": "pf",
})

 

2. Re-forecasts:

        The JMA re-forecasts dataset is a "fixed" dataset which means that the re-forecasts are produced once from a "frozen" version of the model and are used for a number of years to calibrate real-time forecast. The JMA re-forecasts consist of a   5-member ensemble running three times a month from 1981 to 2010. The start dates correspond to 1st / 11th and 21st of each month at 00Z minus 12 hours (28 February instead of 29 February). here is the complete list of re-forecast start dates:

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