See Brief request syntax to understand each keyword.
We have created some request examples. You can see the explanation and then a link to the ECMWF Public Dataset web interface. The link is accordingly pre-selected, you can see the script using "View MARS Request" button.
ERA-Interim Surface
- 2m temperature(165.128), 10m u wind component(166.128), 10m v wind component(167.128).
- July 2014
- Time: 00,06,12,18 UTC
- Step: 0
ECMWF Public Dataset web interface
ERA-Interim Monthly Means of Daily Means
- 2m temperature.
- May 2014 mean
ECMWF Public Dataset web interface
#!/usr/bin/env python from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer server = ECMWFDataServer() server.retrieve({ 'stream' : "moda", 'levtype' : "sfc", 'param' : "167.128", 'dataset' : "interim", 'grid' : "0.75/0.75", 'date' : "20140501", 'type' : "an", 'class' : "ei", 'target' : "interim_20140501.grib" })
ERA-Interim Model Levels
- 2m temperature(165.128), 10m u wind component(166.128), 10m v wind component(167.128).
- June 2014
- Time: 00,06,12,18 UTC
- Step: 0
- 60 model levels
ECMWF Public Dataset web interface.
#!/usr/bin/env python from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer server = ECMWFDataServer() server.retrieve({ 'stream' : "oper", 'levelist' : "1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60", 'levtype' : "ml", 'param' : "130.128/131.128/132.128/135.128", 'dataset' : "interim", 'step' : "0", 'grid' : "0.75/0.75", 'time' : "00/06/12/18", 'date' : "2014-06-01/to/2014-06-30", 'type' : "an", 'class' : "ei", 'target' : "interim_2014-06-01to2014-06-30_00061218.grib" })
ERA-Interim Pressure Levels
- Cloud cover, relative humidity, Specific cloud ice water content, temperature.
- All the pressure levels.
- March 2014
ECMWF Public Dataset web interface
#!/usr/bin/env python from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer server = ECMWFDataServer() server.retrieve({ 'stream' : "oper", 'levelist' : "1/2/3/5/7/10/20/30/50/70/100/125/150/175/200/225/250/300/350/400/450/500/550/600/650/700/750/775/800/825/850/875/900/925/950/975/1000", 'levtype' : "pl", 'param' : "130.128/157.128/247.128/248.128", 'dataset' : "interim", 'step' : "0", 'grid' : "0.75/0.75", 'time' : "00/06/12/18", 'date' : "2014-03-01/to/2014-03-31", 'type' : "an", 'class' : "ei", 'target' : "interim_2014-03-01to2014-03-31_00061218.grib" })