Command line procedures

1. mdfs_query

usage:

mdfs_query [-h] [-s SERVER] [-o LOGLEVEL] datasource

MDFS Data Query

positional arguments:

datasource, data source name

optional arguments:

arguments	Description
-h, –help	show this help message and exit
-s SERVER, –server SERVER	GDS server address
-o LOGLEVEL, –loglevel LOGLEVEL	loglevel: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50

Example:

mdfs_query ECMWF_HR

2. mdfs_dump

usage:

mdfs_dump [-h] [-f FH] [-e OUTFILE] [-c COMPLEVEL] [-v VARNAME] [-x LON] [-y LAT] [-p LEVEL] [-t OFFSET_INITTIME] [–name_map NAME_MAP] [-s SERVER] [-o LOGLEVEL] datasource inittime

MDFS Data Dumper

positional arguments:

arguments	Description
datasource	data source name
inittime	model initial datetime or observation datetime

optional arguments:

arguments	Description
-h, –help	show this help message and exit
-f FH, –fh FH	model forecast hour
-e OUTFILE, –outfile OUTFILE	output netcdf file name
-c COMPLEVEL, –complevel COMPLEVEL	output netcdf4 compress level
-v VARNAME, –varname VARNAME	model variable names
-x LON, –lon LON	longitude point or range
-y LAT, –lat LAT	latitude point or range
-p LEVEL, –level LEVEL	pressure level point or range
-t OFFSET_INITTIME, –offset-inittime OFFSET_INITTIME	offset inittime (hours) to variable
–name_map NAME_MAP	map variable name to new
-s SERVER, –server SERVER	GDS server address
-o LOGLEVEL, –loglevel LOGLEVEL	logger level in number

Example:

mdfs_dump ECMWF_HR 2023021920 -f 24 --level 500 -v RH,UGRD,VGRD,TMP,HGT -e ECMWF_HR.2023021920.nc