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Data directories | /DATA/CAMS_GLOBAL/${YYYYMMDDhh} |
/DATA/CAMS_GLOBAL_ADDITIONAL which contains individual files of surface level fields (model level 137). | |
Retention policy | Forecast are kept for 3 days |
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List of available parameters
Expand title Aerosol short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) aod1240 210216 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 1240nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc aod469 210213 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 469nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc aod550 210207 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc aod670 210214 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 670nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc aod865 210215 Total Aerosol Optical Depth at 865nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc bcaod550 210211 Black Carbon Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc duaod550 210209 Dust Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc omaod550 210210 Organic Matter Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc ssaod550 210208 Sea Salt Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc suaod550 210212 Sulphate Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc niaod550 210250 Nitrate aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc amaod550 210251 Ammonium aerosol optical depth at 550 nm vertically-integrated an + fc sfc pm1 210072 Particulate matter d < 1 um surface concentration fc sfc pm10 210074 Particulate matter d < 10 um surface concentration fc sfc pm2p5 210073 Particulate matter d < 2.5 um surface concentration fc sfc aermr01 210001 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.03 - 0.5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr02 210002 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.5 - 5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr03 210003 Sea Salt Aerosol (5 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr04 210004 Dust Aerosol (0.03 - 0.55 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr05 210005 Dust Aerosol (0.55 - 0.9 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr06 210006 Dust Aerosol (0.9 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr07 210007 Hydrophilic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr08 210008 Hydrophobic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr09 210009 Hydrophilic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr10 210010 Hydrophobic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr11 210011 Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr16 210247 Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr17 210248 Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr18 210249 Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc pl aermr01 210001 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.03 - 0.5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr02 210002 Sea Salt Aerosol (0.5 - 5 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr03 210003 Sea Salt Aerosol (5 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr04 210004 Dust Aerosol (0.03 - 0.55 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr05 210005 Dust Aerosol (0.55 - 0.9 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr06 210006 Dust Aerosol (0.9 - 20 um) Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr07 210007 Hydrophilic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr08 210008 Hydrophobic Organic Matter Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr09 210009 Hydrophilic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr10 210010 Hydrophobic Black Carbon Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr11 210011 Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr16 210247 Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr17 210248 Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml aermr18 210249 Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio concentration in air an + fc ml Expand title Gases short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) gtco3 210206 GEMS Total column ozone vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c2h6 218045 Total column ethane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c3h8 218047 Total column propane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_c5h8 218016 Total column isoprene vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_ch4 218004 Total column methane vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_hno3 218006 Total column nitric acid vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_no 218027 Total column nitrogen monoxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_oh 218030 Total column hydroxyl radical vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_pan 218013 Total column peroxyacetyl nitrate vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcco 210127 Total column Carbon monoxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tchcho 210128 Total column Formaldehyde vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcno2 210125 Total column Nitrogen dioxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tcso2 210126 Total column Sulphur dioxide vertically-integrated an +fc sfc tc_h2o2 218003 Total Column Hydrogen Peroxide vertically-integrated an + fc sfc c2h6 217045 Ethane concentration in air an +fc pl c3h8 217047 Propane concentration in air an +fc pl c5h8 217016 Isoprene concentration in air an +fc pl ch4_c 217004 Methane (chemistry) concentration in air an +fc pl co 210123 Carbon monoxide concentration in air an +fc pl go3 210203 GEMS Ozone concentration in air an +fc pl hcho 210124 Formaldehyde concentration in air an +fc pl hno3 217006 Nitric acid concentration in air an +fc pl no 217027 Nitrogen monoxide concentration in air an +fc pl no2 210121 Nitrogen dioxide concentration in air an +fc pl oh 217030 Hydroxyl radical concentration in air an +fc pl pan 217013 Peroxyacetyl nitrate concentration in air an +fc pl so2 210122 Sulphur dioxide concentration in air an + fc pl h2o2 217003 Hydrogen Peroxide concentration in air an + fc pl c2h6 217045 Ethane concentration in air an + fc ml c3h8 217047 Propane concentration in air an + fc ml c5h8 217016 Isoprene concentration in air an + fc ml ch4_c 217004 Methane (chemistry) concentration in air an + fc ml co 210123 Carbon monoxide concentration in air an + fc ml go3 210203 GEMS Ozone concentration in air an + fc ml hcho 210124 Formaldehyde concentration in air an + fc ml hno3 217006 Nitric acid concentration in air an + fc ml no 217027 Nitrogen monoxide concentration in air an + fc ml no2 210121 Nitrogen dioxide concentration in air an + fc ml oh 217030 Hydroxyl radical concentration in air an + fc ml pan 217013 Peroxyacetyl nitrate concentration in air an + fc ml so2 210122 Sulphur dioxide concentration in air an + fc ml h2o2 217003 Hydrogen Peroxide concentration in air an + fc ml Expand title Other (lsm, z, density, uvbed, uvbedcs) short name parameter ID name type of variable type of data (an,fc) type of level (pl,sfc,ml) lsm 172 Land-sea mask 2D parameter an sfc z 129 Geopotential 2D parameter an sfc uvbed 214002 UV biologically effective dose 2D parameter fc sfc uvbedcs 214003 UV biologically effective dose clear-sky 2D parameter fc sfc den 3089 Density 3D parameter an + fc pl den 3089 Density 3D parameter an + fc ml lnsp 152 Logarithm of surface pressure 2D parameter an + fc ml
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The data volumes are based on the current CAMS experiment (link).
file size (GRIB / NC) | No. of fields | No. of variables | No. of files (GRIB or NC) | Total size (GRIB) | Total size (NC) | |
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an_sfc | 1.2 MB / 800 kB | 1 | 15 | 15 | 18 MB | 12 MB |
an_pl | 30 MB / 20 MB | 25 | 16 | 24 | 697 MB | 465 MB |
an_ml | 70 MB / 47 MB | 60 | 16 | 25 | 1,7 GB | 1,1 GB |
fc_sfc | 1.2 MB / 800 kB | 1 | 26 | 3388 | 3,9 GB | 2,6 GB |
fc_pl | 30 MB / 20 MB | 25 | 24 | 984 | 28 GB | 19 GB |
fc_ml | 70 MB / 47 MB | 60 | 25 | 1025 | 68 GB | 45 GB |
Total | 5461 | 102 GB | 68 GB |
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