Session SC2.9

SC2.9 | Navigating big weather data: An introduction to ECMWF’s MARS data archive

Navigating big weather data: An introduction to ECMWF’s MARS data archive

Co-organized by AS6/CL6/ESSI6/HS11/NH15

Conveners: Milana Vuckovic, Jenny Wong, Corentin Carton de Wiart | Co-convener: Bojan Kasic

Mon, 04 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)

Room -2.62

The Meteorological Archival and Retrieval System (MARS) is the world’s largest meteorological archive and ECMWF's main data repository. It stores operational weather analyses and forecasts, reanalyses, observations and research experiments that support a wide range of Earth system science applications.
This short course provides a practical introduction of MARS archive to the new users of the archive. Participants will learn how to explore the MARS data catalogue to identify datasets relevant to their research. The session will demonstrate how to construct and run MARS requests to download data efficiently.
Through step by step examples, attendees will gain a clear understanding of the archive’s structure and the main concepts behind exploring the data and retrieving the data they need for their research.

The oral presentations are given in a hybrid format supported by a Zoom meeting featuring on-site and virtual presentations. The button to access the Zoom meeting appears just before the time block starts.