We are pleased to announce that the Climate Data Store (CDS) is being modernized to better manage booming workload, surging computing demand and better serve its current and future users. The new modernized CDS is expected to be launched in Spring 2024.
At this stage of the modernization process, data is being migrated onto the new infrastructure, unfortunately impacting services. This will take several weeks to complete. During this migration time period, users should therefore be expecting some unavoidable disruption and degradation of service on the CDS including:
- longer queues
- requests being canceled
- temporary closure of queues
- requests failing with unusual error messages
- etc...
Relevant information (e.g. activation of new single sign-on ECMWF account) will be shared with CDS users nearer the time of the launch.
Users of the CDS Toolbox should however immediately take note that the CDS Toolbox will be discontinued and is not migrated to the new CDS infrastructure.
A new interoperable open-source Python package, EarthKit, will be made available (post new CDS launch) to provide software tools for weather and climate workflows that simplify data access, analysis, visualisation and much more. Current CDS Toolbox workflow will not work in EarthKit.
We understand the inconvenience the disruptions are causing during this time. The CDS team is working hard at keeping disruption to a minimum.
We will keep our users informed with the latest details on this announcement page. We therefore recommend users to "Watch" this page to receive email notifications of updates on this announcement.
We thank our users for their patience during this significant modernization of the CDS which will enable exciting scientific developments and an overall better service to all ECMWF users.
CDS Team/ECMWF Support
