Usage¶
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General options¶
| --version | Show version and exit |
| --debug | Set debug mode on |
| --help | Show this message and exit. |
The merra2 command¶
Download MERRA-2 data. Note: You first need to register with NASA
Earhdata. Downloaded data will
be saved as netCDF-4 files, one file per day, with filenames of format
MERRA-2.<COLLECTION ID>.<DATE>.SUB.nc4.
Options¶
| -c, --collection TEXT | |
| Name of MERRA-2 collection (nine-character ESDT code) | |
| -U, --username TEXT | |
| Username [default: <system username>] | |
| --password TEXT | |
| Password | |
| -o, --output-dir PATH | |
| Output directory [default: .] | |
| --start-time DATE | |
| Start date (YYYY-MM-DD) | |
| --end-time DATE | |
| End date (YYYY-MM-DD) | |
| --variables LIST | |
| Comma separated list of variable names | |
| --location ARG | Comma separated list of coordinates either (lat,lon or north,west,south,east) or path to shapefile |
| --help | Show help and exit. |
Refer to MERRA-2 file specification for the names of data collections.
Example¶
For example, calling
would download wind speed east and north components in Tampere, Finland, for 1–2 January 2000.