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| 2 | == Useful links for working with ECMWF's MARS archive and flex_extract == |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | == General overview == |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/ECMWF+Web+API+Home [[BR]] |
| 9 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/SUP/Home |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Follow instructions to register |
| 12 | |
| 13 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/Access+MARS |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Available public datasets and accept licence |
| 16 | |
| 17 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/Available+ECMWF+Public+Datasets |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Member-state !WebApi access |
| 20 | |
| 21 | http://apps.ecmwf.int/archive-catalogue/ |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Website to download directly public datasets and monitor !WebApi activity |
| 24 | |
| 25 | http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/ |
| 26 | |
| 27 | General user documentation |
| 28 | |
| 29 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/UDOC/User+Documentation |
| 30 | |
| 31 | MARS user documentation |
| 32 | |
| 33 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/UDOC/MARS+user+documentation |
| 34 | -> specifically the keywords!!!! [[BR]] |
| 35 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/UDOC/MARS+keywords |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Libraries: |
| 38 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/SUP/2015/05/11/Building+ECMWF+software+with+gfortran [[BR]] |
| 39 | http://www.fftw.org [[BR]] |
| 40 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/EMOS/Emoslib [[BR]] |
| 41 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/GRIB [[BR]] |
| 42 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC |
| 43 | |
| 44 | === Information on data sets: === |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Overview: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets |
| 47 | |
| 48 | EA5 |
| 49 | |
| 50 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/What+is+ERA5 [[BR]] |
| 51 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/How+to+download+ERA5+data+via+the+ECMWF+Web+API [[BR]] |
| 52 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/ERA5+data+documentation |
| 53 | |
| 54 | CERA-20C |
| 55 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/What+is+CERA-20C [[BR]] |
| 56 | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/cera-20c |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ERA-Interim |
| 59 | |
| 60 | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim |
| 61 | |
| 62 | === Plotting GRIB fields: === |
| 63 | |
| 64 | https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/CKB/How+to+plot+GRIB+files+with+Python+and+matplotlib |
| 65 | |
| 66 | |
| 67 | === Installation hints: === |
| 68 | |
| 69 | 1. Read Emoslib installation instructions |
| 70 | 2. Read ECMWF blog about gfortran |
| 71 | 3. Install `fftw` |
| 72 | 4. Install `emoslib` (2 times make! one without any options and one with single precision option) |
| 73 | 5. Install `eccodes` (or `gib_api`) |
| 74 | 6. Register for MARS access |
| 75 | 7. Install !WebApi |
| 76 | 8. Make sure that `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable contains paths to all the libs |
| 77 | 9. Check availability of python packages required (e.g. `import eccodes` / `import grib_api` / `import ecmwfapi`) and install them if not present |
| 78 | 10. Start test retrieval |
| 79 | 11. Install flex_extract |
| 80 | |
| 81 | Notes: |
| 82 | - use the same compiler and compiler (major) version all the time |
| 83 | - adapt makefile |