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eWaterCycle / era5cli

Command Line Interface to download ERA5 from Copernicus Climate Data Service
https://era5cli.readthedocs.io/
Apache License 2.0
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automatic retrieval of variables #83

Open bvreede opened 3 years ago

bvreede commented 3 years ago

Recently we got alerted to our variables (in inputref.py) being outdated in an issue (#77). The CDS variables get updated regularly, but our tool requires manual (and quite elaborate) review of the variable sets.

It would be good if these variable sets were updated automatically.

BSchilperoort commented 1 year ago

I am not sure if automatic retrieval is possible/viable. However, the developer documentation should clearly state how to update the input reference, and where to find the information.

I was able to find the following info: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/ERA5%3A+data+documentation#heading-Parameterlistings https://apps.ecmwf.int/codes/grib/param-db

Would it be viable to contact ECMWF and ask for them to make at least a changelog?

BSchilperoort commented 1 year ago

I have contacted ECMWF, and they will start maintaining a public changelog. This will make it easier to keep era5cli up to date.