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Retrieving one field (10 meter U wind here) for all time steps and for the forecast starting on 10 January 1985
12.1.1 Control forecast
#!/usr/bin/env python
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server.retrieve({
"class": "s2",
"dataset": "s2s",
"hdate": "1985-01-10",
"date": "2014-03-04",
"expver": "prod",
"levtype": "sfc",
"origin": "rjtd",
"param": "165",
"step": "12/to/804/by/24",
"stream": "enfh",
"target": "CHANGEME",
"time": "12",
"type": "cf",
})
2.1.2 perturbed forecast
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer
server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
"class": "s2",
"dataset": "s2s",
"hdate": "1985-01-10",
"date": "2014-03-04",
"expver": "prod",
"levtype": "sfc",
"origin": "rjtd",
"param": "165",
"step": "12/to/804/by/24",
"stream": "enfh",
"target": "CHANGEME",
"time": "12",
"number": "1/to/4",
"type": "cfpf",
})