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Identify the data you want

  • SFC, 6 parameters
  • Time: 00, March 2017
  • all steps (0/to/90/by/1, 93/to/144/by/3 and 150/to/360/by/6)
  • all numbers (1/to/50)

Use MARS list to find out the size

 

LIST,
    CLASS      = OD,
    TYPE       = PF,
    STREAM     = ENFO,
    EXPVER     = 0001,
    LEVTYPE    = SFC,
    PARAM      = 134.128/151.128/165.128/166.128/246.228/247.228,
    DATE       = 20170301/to/20170331,
    TIME       = 0000,
    STEP       = 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/93/96/99/102/105/108/111/114/117/120/123/126/129/132/135/138/141/144/150/156/162/168/174/180/186/192/198/204/210/216/222/228/234/240/246/252/258/264/270/276/282/288/294/300/306/312/318/324/330/336/342/348/354/360,
    NUMBER     = 1/to/50,
    OUTPUT     = cost,
    TARGET     = list.txt

When we run the list action this is the output:

size=4484574297000; # 4.48 TB
number_of_fields=1348500;
online_size=799241928660;
off_line_size=3685332368340;
number_of_tape_files=93;
number_of_disk_files=281;
number_of_online_fields=240330;
number_of_offline_fields=1108170;
number_of_tapes=32;

The data is too large: 4.48 TB and split across 32 tapes.

 

Use the MARS catalogue to know the data distribution in files and tapes

Using the MARS catalogue we browse the data we want to get until we get to the final stage which gives us a selection and several options: http://apps.ecmwf.int/mars-catalogue/?stream=enfo&levtype=sfc&time=00%3A00%3A00&expver=1&month=mar&year=2017&date=2017-03-01&type=pf&class=od

For this particular case we can choose different "Parameter", "Number" and "Step". This means that all the fields you can choose in this page are in the same tape file. Therefore users should get as much data as possible from this page.

If we run the list of the data that we need and appears in the final stage page we get:

LIST,
    CLASS      = OD,
    TYPE       = PF,
    STREAM     = ENFO,
    EXPVER     = 0001,
    LEVTYPE    = SFC,
    PARAM      = 134.128/151.128/165.128/166.128/246.228/247.228,
    DATE       = 20170301,
    TIME       = 0000,
    STEP       = 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/93/96/99/102/105/108/111/114/117/120/123/126/129/132/135/138/141/144/150/156/162/168/174/180/186/192/198/204/210/216/222/228/234/240/246/252/258/264/270/276/282/288/294/300/306/312/318/324/330/336/342/348/354/360,
    NUMBER     = 1/to/50,
    OUTPUT     = cost,
    TARGET     = list2.txt
size=144663687000;
number_of_fields=43500;
online_size=43232826000;
off_line_size=101430861000;
number_of_tape_files=3;
number_of_disk_files=10;
number_of_online_fields=13000;
number_of_offline_fields=30500;
number_of_tapes=3;

In this case the raw data (without post-processing) is ~144GB, which would be reduced if you interpolate to lat/lon and/or filter the area.

The data is split in 3 different tapes, which is sensible.

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