Hi,
I'm a physics student, and got interested in retrieving meteorological data
(through Internet)
I spent good couple of days to just make a picture of file formats
providing this data, sources and tools for reading it, and then give up
discouridged by ECMWF and finally EUMETSAT portals. I have a picture of
total mess unlike my expectations, like why I "must" strictly study Fortran
when data is so divergent?
Then I thought to make it easier by using some of available java frontends
which were offered on sites I already visited. First I tried three
different versions of OPeNDAP Data Connector, but it couldn't run on my
Windows PC. Then I found IDV from Unidata, and after spending some time
with it I think it has very good scheme for application workflow, while it
has a learning curve and it's most useful for US residents, while I live
somewhere in Europe.
I discovered also Basemap, and it's excellent package. If data is provided,
it offers interface and utilities to whole Python in the same way. That is
why I joined this mailing list and thought to ask for similar experiences,
potentially advice on available tools for retrieving meteorological data
and data itself.
For example, I can retrieve data from GFS/NOAA (which is BTW great, as only
light in whole this experiance), and would appreciate similar maybe
localized meso model data, and current satellite or radar data, or
appropriate tools. I'm thinking I must have missed something, as this
shouldn't be so difficult task, or?
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