You can install the ecmwfapi python library by running:
sudo pip install https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/download/attachments/23694554/ecmwf-api-python-client.tgz |
If you cannot run the sudo command, just download the ecmwf-api-python-client.tgz, extract its content and copy the module ecmwfapi to a directory pointed by the environment variable PYTHONPATH.
To access ECMWF you will need an API key. For that you first need to login at https://apps.ecmwf.int/auth/login/ and then retrieve you key at https://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/. For this, you will need to have an account on ECMWF web site. Copy the information in this page and paste it in the file $HOME/.ecmwfapirc.
{
"url" : "https://api.ecmwf.int/v1",
"key" : "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"email" : "john.smith@example.com"
} |
Below is a simple Python script making use of the ecmwfapi library:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
'dataset' : "tigge",
'step' : "24/to/120/by/24",
'number' : "all",
'levtype' : "sl",
'date' : "20071001/to/20071003",
'time' : "00/12",
'origin' : "all",
'type' : "pf",
'param' : "tp",
'area' : "70/-130/30/-60",
'grid' : "2/2",
'target' : "data.grib"
}) |
The "dataset" parameter is one of:
<script>
function build_dataset_table(table)
{
table.addClass("confluenceTable").addClass("tablesorter");
var tr = $("<tr>").addClass("sortableHeader").appendTo(table);
var th = $('<th class="confluenceTh sortableHeader" data-column="0">').appendTo(tr);
th.text("hello");
var tr = $("<tr>").addClass("sortableHeader").appendTo(table);
var td = $('<th class="confluenceTh sortableHeader" data-column="0">').appendTo(tr);
td.text("hello");
}
</script>
<div class="table-wrap">
<table id="datasets_table"></table>
</div>
<script>
build_dataset_table($("#datasets_table"));
</script> |
To access these dataset, you need to agree on the the corresponding terms and conditions that can be found at http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/
The other parameters are described at: http://www.ecmwf.int/publications/manuals/mars/guide/index.html