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FTP server details

Login credentials for the FTP account:

FTP

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server

ftp://acq.ecmwf.int

https://acq

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.ecmwf.int

FTP account name

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camsncp

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FTP account passwordavailable on request

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Retention policyECMWF will be responsible for data deletion


File naming convention

The proposed directory file location and file naming convention:

/downscaling/{country_iso_code}/{model}/{model_version}/{yyyymmdd}/cams_ncp_{country_iso_code}_{model}_{model_version}_{variable}_{level}_{yyyymmdd}_t+{

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forecast_step}.{format}For example:

Where:

keymeaningexample
country_iso_code

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ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code

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, controlled, lowercaseit, fr, dk ...
modelmodel name, free text from (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -)kAIROS
model_versionmodel version, free text from (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -)01
yyyymmddbase date of the forecast

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, controlled20240221
variable

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variable short name, from co, nh3, no, no2, o3, pm10, pm2p5 so2, any others?

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, controlled, lowercaseno2
levelheight level, l0 or sfc for surface, l100 for 100m above ground

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, controlled
forecast_stepforecast range/step

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, zero padded to 3 digits

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048 for +48h forecast step

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formatdata format

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, controlled, lowercase

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, from nc or grib

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nc

Could you also please read the rules governing the use of this service by external partners:

    • Users must NOT disclose the FTP account credentials to further third parties; only the owner of the account may do so
    • FTP account may only be used to facilitate data transfer to or from ECMWF; it must not be used to exchange data between third parties
    • All data stored on the FTP server must be relevant to official ECMWF work.
    • Any data older than 500 days (from the date of upload on the FTP server) will be automatically deleted by the system.Please let me know when you are ready to publish the first samples.


File format

TODO:

  • CF-compliant NetCDF4
  • dimension names
  • required attributes
  • provide format checker tool