9. Retrieve historical ECMWF fields (ERA40) for FLEXPART

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Retrieving ECMWF historcal grid data (example for ERA_40 or ERA-INTERIM):

Under 7. Re


3. Check that the file flex_ecmwf_91_global_1.0_ecgate contains the following: (for an overview over the parameters and what they mean - see bottom of page)


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cat <<EOF >CONTROL_ERA DAY1 YYYYMMDD1 DAY2 YYYYMMDD2 DTIME 3 FORCE_EPS 0 (ENSEMBLE) FORCE_EI 0 (ERA-INTERIM) FORCE_ERA 0 (ERA-40) M_GRID 100 M_LEFT -17800 M_LOWER -9000 M_UPPER 9000 M_RIGHT 18100 M_LEVEL 91 M_RESOL 255 M_GAUSS 1 M_ACCURACY 24 M_OMEGA 0 M_OMEGADIFF 0 M_SMOOTH 179 M_ADDPAR /27/28/173/186/187/188/235/139/39 M_FORMAT GRIB2 GATEWAY ecaccess.ecmwf.int DESTINATION flexpart (or change to another of your MS associations) ECSTORAGE 1 ECTRANS 1 ECFSDIR ectmp:/${USER}/oper_YYYY_MM/ MAILOPS ${USER} MAILFAIL ${USER} EXEDIR . SOURCECODE /home/ms/no/sbc/flex_extract_ecgate_V4 (CHANGE TO YOUR USER!!) EOF


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