| 1 | USEFUL LINKS FOR WORKING WITH ECMWF ARCHIVE AND FLEX_EXTRACT |
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| 2 | ============================================================ |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | general overview |
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| 5 | ---------------- |
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| 6 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/ECMWF+Web+API+Home |
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| 7 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/SUP/Home |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | follow instructions to register |
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| 10 | ------------------------------- |
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| 11 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/Access+MARS |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | available public datasets and accept licence |
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| 14 | -------------------------------------------- |
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| 15 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/Available+ECMWF+Public+Datasets |
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| 17 | member-state WebApi access |
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| 18 | -------------------------- |
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| 19 | http://apps.ecmwf.int/archive-catalogue/ |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | website to download directly public datasets and check webapi activity |
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| 22 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 23 | http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/ |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | general user documentation |
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| 26 | -------------------------- |
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| 27 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/UDOC/User+Documentation |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | mars user documentation |
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| 30 | ----------------------- |
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| 31 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/UDOC/MARS+user+documentation |
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| 32 | -> specifically the keywords!!!! |
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| 33 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/UDOC/MARS+keywords |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | libraries: |
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| 36 | --------- |
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| 37 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/SUP/2015/05/11/Building+ECMWF+software+with+gfortran |
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| 38 | http://www.fftw.org |
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| 39 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/EMOS/Emoslib |
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| 40 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/GRIB |
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| 41 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | Information to datasets: |
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| 45 | ======================== |
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| 46 | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | EA5 |
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| 49 | ---- |
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| 50 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/What+is+ERA5 |
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| 51 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/How+to+download+ERA5+data+via+the+ECMWF+Web+API |
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| 52 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/ERA5+data+documentation |
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| 54 | CERA-20C |
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| 55 | --------- |
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| 56 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/What+is+CERA-20C |
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| 57 | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/cera-20c |
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| 59 | ERA-Interim |
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| 60 | ------------ |
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| 61 | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim |
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| 63 | Plotting GRIB fields: |
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| 64 | ----------------------- |
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| 65 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/How+to+plot+GRIB+files+with+Python+and+matplotlib |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | Installation hints: |
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| 69 | =================== |
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| 70 | 1. Read Emoslib installation instructions |
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| 71 | 2. Read ECMWF blog about gfortran |
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| 72 | 3. Install FFTW |
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| 73 | 4. Install EMOSLIB (2 times make! one without any options and one with single precision option) |
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| 74 | 5. Install ECCODES OR GRIB_API |
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| 75 | 6. Register at Mars |
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| 76 | 7. Install WEBAPI |
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| 77 | 8. Check LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable if it contains all paths to the libs |
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| 78 | 9. Check available python packages (e.g. import eccodes / import grib_api / import ecmwfapi) |
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| 79 | 10. Start test retrieval |
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| 80 | 11. Install flex_extract |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | Notes: |
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| 83 | -------- |
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| 84 | - use the same compiler and compiler version all the time |
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| 85 | - don't forget to set all Library paths to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable |
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| 86 | - adapt makefile |
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