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The dataset is covering the period from 2 Oct 2016 until present.

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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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languagepy
titleGRIB
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()

server.retrieve({
    "dataset":   "cams_esuite",
    "stream":    "oper",
    "type":      "fc",
    "date":      "20161015/to/20161115",
    "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_201611.nc"
})

 

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FTP dissemination

The test dataset is available through operational ECPDS FTP dissemination .systems in these directories:

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/DATA/CAMS_NREALTIME_TEST
/DATA/CAMS_NREALTIME_BC_TEST

You can use your normal FTP account to access the data. The list of parameters is the same as in the current global data streamstreams.

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