Valid Commands
IMPORTANT: All Default Settings are geared towards IFS Deterministic
-t = Type of ECMWF IFS Data. (Default=’d’).
Here are the various commands for the different ECMWF IFS Model Options
-d = Deterministic IFS (0.25x0.25 Degree)
-e = IFS Ensemble (0.25x0.25 Degree)
-wd = IFS Wave Deterministic (0.25x0.25 Degree)
-we = IFS Wave Ensemble (0.25x0.25 Degree)
-hd = High Resolution Deterministic IFS (0.10x0.10 Degree)
-he = High Resolution IFS Ensemble (0.10x0.10 Degree)
-hwd = High Resolution IFS Wave Deterministic (0.10x0.10 Degree)
-hwe = High Resolution Wave IFS Ensemble (0.10x0.10 Degree)
-f = Final Forecast Hour (Default=360).
00z & 12z Runs Have 360 hours
06z & 18z Runs Have 144 hours
-s = Source (Default=ecmwf).
Selects the primary data server to use. If the primary server is unavailable the client will rotate and try other servers.
Server Choices
ecmwf - ECMWF Open-Data
aws - Amazon Web Services
google - Google Cloud Servers
-cdir = Custom Directory (Default=None).
If the user wishes to build their own directory to hold the data files set -cd directory_branch_path.
-cr = Clear Recycle Bin (Default=False).
For users who want to ensure old files are completely deleted when automating data retrieval set -cr True. Setting -cr True clears your recycle bin with each run of the script. This ensures if any old files are moved to the recycle bin are deleted if they are not already.
-wb = Western Bound - The western bound for subsetting the data range is from -180 to 180 degrees longitude. (Default=-180)
-eb = Eastern Bound - The eastern bound for subsetting the data range is from -180 to 180 degrees longitude. (Default=180)
-nb = Northern Bound - The northern bound for subsetting the data range is from -90 to 90 degrees latitude. (Default=90)
-sb = Southern Bound - The southern bound for subsetting the data range is from -90 to 90 degrees latitude. (Default=-90)
-v = Variables(Default=[‘geopotential_height’, ‘specific humidity’, ‘temperature’, ‘relative_humidity’, ‘u-component_of_wind’, ‘v-component_of_wind’])
The list of variables the user wants to query.
Here is a sample of how to query geopotential height and temperature at 500mb wxdata-ecmwf ifs latest -v geopotential_height -v temperature -l 500
Variable List (All Except for ECMWF IFS/High Resolution IFS Wave Data)
‘10-meter_u-wind_component’
‘10-meter_v-wind_component’
‘100-meter_u-wind_component’
‘100-meter_v-wind_component’
‘maximum_10-meter_wind_gust_step_0’
‘maximum_10-meter_wind_gust_steps_3-144’
‘2-meter_temperature’
‘2-meter_dewpoint_temperature’
‘mean_sea_level_pressure’
‘mean_zero-crossing_wave_period’
‘mean_wave_direction’
‘mean_wave_period’
‘peak_wave_period’
‘significant_wave_height’
‘runoff’
‘total_precipitation’
‘surface_pressure’
‘total_column_vertically_integrated_water_vapor’
‘total_cloud_cover’
‘snow_depth_water_equivalent’
‘snowfall_water_equivalent’
‘land_sea_mask’
‘volumetric_soil_moisture_content’
‘soil_temperature’
‘most_unstable_cape’
‘snow_albedo’
‘3-hour_minimum_2-meter_temperature’
‘3-hour_maximum_2-meter_temperature’
‘6-hour_minimum_2-meter_temperature’
‘6-hour_maximum_2-meter_temperature’
‘total_precipitation_rate’
‘precipitation_type’
‘top_net_longwave_thermal_radiation’
‘snow_density’
‘surface_net_longwave_thermal_radiation’
‘surface_net_shortwave_solar_radiation’
‘surface_shortwave_radiation_downward’
‘surface_longwave_radiation_downward’
‘northward_turbulent_surface_stress’
‘eastward_turbulent_surface_stress’
‘eastward_surface_sea_water_velocity’
‘northward_surface_sea_water_velocity’
‘sea_ice_thickness’
‘sea_surface_height’
‘divergence’
‘geopotential_height’
‘specific_humidity’
‘relative_humidity’
‘temperature’
‘u-wind_component’
‘v-wind_component’
‘vertical_velocity’
‘relative_vorticity’
Variable List (ECMWF IFS Wave/IFS Wave Ensemble/High Resolution IFS Wave)
‘mean_zero-crossing_wave_period’
‘significant_height_of_combined_waves_and_swell’
‘mean_wave_direction’
‘peak_wave_period’
‘mean_wave_period’
-ct = Convert Temperature (Default=True).
When set to True any temperature fields are converted from Kelvin to either Celsius or Fahrenheit.
-tu = Temperature Units (Default=Celsius).
When -ct True this is where you declare the units for temperature to be converted to.
-l = Levels (Default=[1000, 925, 850, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 1150, 100, 50])
Here is a sample of how to query geopotential height and temperature at 850 and 500mb
wxdata-ecmwf ifs latest -v geopotential_height -v temperature -l 850 -l 500
-lt = Level Type (Default=pressure).
This corresponds to the type of level.
Level Types
pressure
surface
soil
–process This flag when set to True will process the data in addition to downloading the data. (Default=True)
–proxy = Proxy Server (Default=None).
Client assumes user is not trying to download data through a proxy server.
If you are using a proxy server you can define it by using --proxy https://proxy-server-address:proxy-server-port
–netcdf = Converts GRIB data into netCDF4 and saves a netCDF (.nc) file. (Default=False). Set to True to create netCDF files.
Additional Relevant Flags when –netcdf True
–ncdir = Defines the local directory where the netCDF (.nc) file saves to. (Default=ECMWF IFS/NETCDF).
–ncfname = Defines the filename for the netCDF (.nc) file. (Default=ecmwf_ifs.nc)
Complex Example
Important: Any parameter of the command not explicitly stated results in the default value being used.
1) Download the latest IFS High Resolution Ensemble for 2-meter temperature from Amazon Web Services
Use a proxy server of address: https://proxy-server-address:proxy-server-port
Download only members 1-5
2) Subset the data to reflect CONUS [-130, -65, 50, 20] = [west, east, north, south]
3) Create a netCDF (.nc) file of the data called high_res_ifs_members_t2m.nc saved at Weather_Data/HIGH RES IFS/NETCDF.
Linux Shell:
# Define our coordinates so we don't pass in negative numbers into the command
western_bound=-130
eastern_bound=-65
northern_bound=50
southern_bound=20
wxdata-ecmwf ifs latest -t he -c members -lt surface -v 2-meter_temperature \
-m 1 -m 2 -m 3 -m 4 -m 5 -s aws -wb=$western_bound -eb=$eastern_bound -nb=$northern_bound -sb=$southern_bound \
--netcdf True --ncdir Weather_Data/HIGH RES IFS/NETCDF --ncfname high_res_ifs_members_t2m.nc \
--proxy https://proxy-server-address:proxy-server-port
Windows Powershell:
# Define our coordinates so we don't pass in negative numbers into the command
$WESTERN_BOUND=-130
$EASTERN_BOUND=-65
$NORTHERN_BOUND=50
$SOUTHERN_BOUND=20
wxdata-ecmwf ifs latest -t he -c members -lt surface -v 2-meter_temperature `
-m 1 -m 2 -m 3 -m 4 -m 5 -s aws -wb=$WESTERN_BOUND -eb=$EASTERN_BOUND -nb=$NORTHERN_BOUND -sb=$SOUTHERN_BOUND `
--netcdf True --ncdir Weather_Data/HIGH RES IFS/NETCDF --ncfname high_res_ifs_members_t2m.nc `
--proxy https://proxy-server-address:proxy-server-port