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Test data is available from 10 January 2019 onwards from the MARS archive, while a test dataset is currently available for one day on the FTP server: 17 March 2019.
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If you don't have access to ECMWF computers but would still like to access a large subset of test data you can use ECMWF WebAPI service.
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Read documentation and see brief request syntax of the ECMWF WebAPI service. |
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#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
"dataset": "cams_esuite",
"stream": "oper",
"type": "fc",
"date": "2017070120190110/to/2017071020190119",
"time": "00",
"step": "0/to/23/by/1",
"levtype": "sfc",
"format": "netcdf",
"param" : "aod550", # see parameter table at http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ftp-access-global-data
"grid": "0.4/0.4", # 0.4 x 0.4 regular lat-lon grid
"area": "70/-35/35/60", # N/E/S/W area boundaries
"target": "/tmp/cams_test_201707.nc"
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FTP dissemination
The test dataset is available through ECPDS FTP dissemination systems in these directories:
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/DATA/CAMS_GLOBAL_TEST
/DATA/CAMS_GLOBAL_ADDITIONAL_TEST
/DATA/CAMS_EUROPE_BC_TEST |
You can use your normal FTP account to access the data. The list of parameters is the same as in the current data streams.
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