This page documents the steps to follow when a data provider plans to implement changes to their system, such as a new version of their model or a change in the configuration
There can be two types of changes:
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In both cases, data providers must document what has changed, so users are able to follow the history of a model (see as an example the changes in ECMWF Model).
When the change affects the number of fields, we ask data providers to:
Send an e-mail to s2s.support@lists.ecmwf.int. describing the change.
ECMWF and CMA would like to have access to test data in advance, so the ingestion suites can be adapted.
This is achieved by naming files as test instead of prod, and by setting in the GRIB header Production status of data to 7:
6: S2S operational products 7: S2S test products |
Once you have a full cycle of test data (whether real-time and/or reforecast) we ask you to contact s2s.support@lists.ecmwf.int.
This is usually in two places: