notes on NEXRAD data access

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NEXRAD is not an NCEI API. Bulk access to NEXRAD data can be found at the following 2 links: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=6500&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE (Nexrad Level II data) https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=7000&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE (Nexrad Level III data) NEXRAD Level II data is also part of NOAA's Big Data Project. Details on that project can be found at the following site: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/noaa-big-data-project

above is a GUI solution, asked about programmatic solution:

There are no programmatic solutions at this time. An alternative access option for recent Nexrad Level III data is the UCAR/Unidata THREDDS Data Server. Unidata maintains a 30 day cache of data. Please see the following links: http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/idd/radars.html Please note the use policy for these data: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/#guidelines

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too many other things to do