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Scope

Scope

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Data location

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z_cams_c_ ecmf_20160704120000_prod_fc_ml_012_go3.nc  contains all the model levels of step 12 O3 fields from a forecast which was started on 7 July 2016 at 12:00 UTC in NetCDF format.

Data

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The latest model cycle based on the 00 UTC analysis is normally available by 10:00 UTC, the cycle based on 12 UTC analysis is available by 22:00 UTC.

After the data transfer to the ftp server is completed a manifest file is uploaded:

z_cams_c_ecmf_yyyymmddhhmmss_vvvv.manifest

format

Model level fields are in GRIB2 format. All other fields are in GRIB1, except for new parameters from cycle 48r1 (more details are available here). NetCDF format is also available.

# CCSDS -> simple

grib_set -r -s packingType=grid_simple in.grib2 out.grib

# Simple -> CCSDS

grib_set -r -s packingType=grid_ccsds in.grib out.grib2

Data availability

The latest model cycle based on the 00 UTC analysis is normally available by 10:00 UTC, the cycle based on 12 UTC analysis is available by 22:00 UTC.

After the data transfer to the ftp server is completed a manifest file is uploaded:

z_cams_c_ecmf_yyyymmddhhmmss_vvvv.manifest

The file is uploaded to the server only after all the data files have been successfully uploaded. The file contains a The file is uploaded to the server only after all the data files have been successfully uploaded. The file contains a list of all the GRIB and NetCDF files in the cycle and their MD5 checksums in case you would like to verify data integrity.

List of available parameters

their MD5 checksums in case you would like to verify data integrity.

List of available parameters

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  title Aerosol
  short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (sfc,pl,ml) aod1240 210216 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 1240nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod469 210213 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 469nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod550 210207 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod670 210214 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 670nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod865 210215 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 865nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc bcaod550 210211 Black Carbon Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc duaod550 210209 Dust Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc omaod550 210210 Organic Matter Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc ssaod550 210208 Sea Salt Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc soaod550 215226 Secondary organic aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc suaod550 210212 Sulphate Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc niaod550 210250 Nitrate aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc amaod550 210251 Ammonium aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc pm1 210072 Particulate matter d < 1 um surface concentration fc sfc pm10 210074 Particulate matter d < 10 um surface concentration fc sfc pm2p5 210073 Particulate matter d < 2.5 um surface concentration fc sfc aermr01 210001 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.03 - 0.5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr02 210002 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.5 - 5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr03 210003 Sea Salt Aerosol (5 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr04 210004 Dust Aerosol (0.03 - 0.55 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr05 210005 Dust Aerosol (0.55 - 0.9 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr06 210006 Dust Aerosol (0.9 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr07 210007 Hydrophilic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr08 210008 Hydrophobic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr09 210009 Hydrophilic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr10 210010 Hydrophobic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr11 210011 Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr16 210247 Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr17 210248 Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr18 210249 Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr01 210001 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.03 - 0.5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr02 210002 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.5 - 5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr03 210003 Sea Salt Aerosol (5 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr04 210004 Dust Aerosol (0.03 - 0.55 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr05 210005 Dust Aerosol (0.55 - 0.9
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  title Aerosol
  Sea Salt Aerosol (0.03 - 0.5 fcaermr02210002Sea Salt 5 5 fcaermr03Sea Salt Aerosol (5 - 20 um) fcaermr04210004Dust Aerosol (0.03 - 0.55 um) fcaermr05210005Dust Aerosol (0.55 - 0.9 um) fcaermr06210006Dust Aerosol (0.9 - 20 um) fcaermr07210007Hydrophilic Organic Matter fcaermr08Hydrophobic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratioaermr09Hydrophilic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratioaermr10Hydrophobic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratioaermr11Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratioaermr16Nitrate fine mode concentration in air short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) aod1240 210216 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 1240nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod469 210213 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 469nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod550 210207 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod670 210214 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 670nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc aod865 210215 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 865nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc bcaod550 210211 Black Carbon Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc duaod550 210209 Dust Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc omaod550 210210 Organic Matter Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc ssaod550 210208 Sea Salt Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc suaod550 210212 Sulphate Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated  an + fc  sfc niaod550 210250 Nitrate aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc amaod550 210251 Ammonium aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc pm1 210072 Particulate matter d < 1 um surface concentration fc sfc pm10 210074 Particulate matter d < 10 um surface concentration fc sfc pm2p5 210073 Particulate matter d < 2.5 um surface concentration fc sfc aermr01 210001 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr06 210006 Dust Aerosol (0. 9 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr07 210003 210007 Hydrophilic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr08 210008 Hydrophobic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr09 210009 Hydrophilic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr10 210010 Hydrophobic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr11 210011 Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc  ml + pl aermr16 210008 210247 Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr17 210009 210248 Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr18 210010 210249 Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr19 210011 210252 Biogenic secondary organic aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr20 210247 210253 Anthropogenic secondary organic aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml + pl aermr17 210248 Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr18 210249 Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio

  
  

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  title Gases
  short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) gtco3 210206 GEMS Total column ozone vertically-integrated an +fc pl sfc aermr01 tc_c2h6	210001	Sea Salt Aerosol (0.03 - 0.5 um) Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr02	210002	Sea Salt Aerosol (0.5 - 5 um) Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr03	210003	Sea Salt Aerosol (5 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr04	210004	Dust Aerosol (0.03 - 0.55 um) Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr05	210005	Dust Aerosol (0.55 - 0.9 um) Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr06	210006	Dust Aerosol (0.9 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr07	210007	Hydrophilic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr08	210008	Hydrophobic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr09	210009	Hydrophilic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr10	210010	Hydrophobic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr11	210011	Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr16	210247	Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr17	210248	Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
  aermr18	210249	Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio	concentration in air	an + fc	ml
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  title Gases
  sfch2o2217003Hydrogen Peroxidepl c2h6217045Ethanec3h8217047Propanec5h8217016Isopreneconcentration in air 218045 Total column ethane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c3h8 218047 Total column propane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c5h8 218016 Total column isoprene vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_ch4 218004 Total column methane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_hno3 218006 Total column nitric acid vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_no 218027 Total column nitrogen monoxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_oh 218030 Total column hydroxyl radical vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_pan 218013 Total column peroxyacetyl nitrate vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcco 210127 Total column Carbon monoxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tchcho 210128 Total column Formaldehyde vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcno2 210125 Total column Nitrogen dioxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcso2 210126 Total column Sulphur dioxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_h2o2 218003 Total Column Hydrogen Peroxide vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc tc_glyoxal 218107 Total column of glyoxal vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc tc_clo 218174 Total column of chlorine monoxide vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc tc_clono2 218064 Total column of chlorine nitrate vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc tc_hcl 218200 Total column hydrogen chloride vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc tc_HCN 218226 Total column hydrogen cyanide vertically-integrated an + fc  sfc c2h6 217045 Ethane concentration in air an +fc ml + pl c3h8 217047 Propane concentration in air an +fc ml + pl c5h8 217016 Isoprene concentration in air an +fc ml + pl ch4_c 217004 Methane (chemistry) concentration in air an +fc ml + pl co 210123 Carbon monoxide concentration in air an +fc ml + pl go3 210203 GEMS Ozone concentration in air an +fc ml + pl hcho 210124 Formaldehyde concentration in air an +fc ml + pl hno3 217006 Nitric acid concentration in air an +fc ml + pl no 217027 Nitrogen monoxide concentration in air an +fc ml + pl no2 210121 Nitrogen dioxide concentration in air an +fc ml + pl oh 217030 Hydroxyl radical concentration in air an +fc ml + pl pan 217013 Peroxyacetyl nitrate concentration in air an +fc ml + pl so2 210122 Sulphur dioxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl h2o2 217003 Hydrogen Peroxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) gtco3 210206 GEMS Total column ozone vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c2h6 218045 Total column ethane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c3h8 218047 Total column propane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c5h8 218016 Total column isoprene vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_ch4 218004 Total column methane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_hno3 218006 Total column nitric acid vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_no 218027 Total column nitrogen monoxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_oh 218030 Total column hydroxyl radical vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_pan 218013 Total column peroxyacetyl nitrate vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcco 210127 Total column Carbon monoxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tchcho 210128 Total column Formaldehyde vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcno2 210125 Total column Nitrogen dioxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcso2 210126 Total column Sulphur dioxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_h2o2 218003 Total Column Hydrogen Peroxide vertically-integrated an + fc  c2h6 217045 Ethane concentration in air an + fc ml + pl c3h8 217047 Propane concentration in air an + fc ml + pl c5h8 217016 Isoprene concentration in air an + fc ml + pl ch4_c 217004 Methane (chemistry) concentration in air an + fc ml + pl co 210123 Carbon monoxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl go3 210203 GEMS Ozone concentration in air an + fc ml + pl hcho 210124 Formaldehyde concentration in air an + fc ml + pl glyoxal 217107 Glyoxal concentration in air an + fc ml + pl hno3 217006 Nitric acid concentration in air an + fc ml + pl no 217027 Nitrogen monoxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl no2 210121 Nitrogen dioxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl oh 217030 Hydroxyl radical concentration in air an + fc ml + pl pan 217013 Peroxyacetyl nitrate concentration in air an + fc ml + pl so2 210122 Sulphur dioxidedioxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl h2o2 217003 Hydrogen Peroxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl clo 217174 Chlorine monoxide concentration in air an + fc ml + pl clono2 217064 Chlorine nitrate concentration in air an + fc ml + pl hcl 217200 Hydrogen chloride concentration in air an + fc ml + pl HCN 217226 Hydrogen cyanide concentration in air an + fc ml ch4_c 217004 Methane (chemistry) concentration in air an + fc ml co 210123 Carbon monoxide + pl

  
  

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  title Other (lsm, z, density, uvbed, uvbedcs)
  short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) 10u 165 10m u-component of wind 2D parameter an + fc ml sfc go3 10v	210203	GEMS Ozone

  166

  10m v-component of wind

  2D parameter

  an + fc

  ml

  sfc

  hcho

  2d

  210124

  168

  Formaldehyde

  2m dewpoint temperature

  2D parameter

  concentration in air

  an + fc

  ml

  sfc

  hno3

  2t

  217006

  167

  Nitric acid

  2m temperature

  2D parameter

  concentration in air

  an + fc

  ml

  sfc

  no

  lsm

  217027Nitrogen monoxideconcentration in airan + fcmlno2210121Nitrogen dioxide

  172	Land-sea mask	2D parameter	an	sfc
  msl	151	Mean sea level pressure	2D parameter

  concentration in air

  an + fc

  ml

  sfc

  oh

  z

  217030

  129

  Hydroxyl radical

  Geopotential

  2D parameter

  concentration in air

  an + fc

  ml

  sfc

  pan

  sp

  217013

  134

  Peroxyacetyl nitrate

  Surface pressure

  2D parameter

  concentration in air

  	an + fc	sfc
  twc

  mlso2210122Sulphur dioxideconcentration in airan + fcmlh2o2217003Hydrogen Peroxideconcentration in airan + fcml