ecmwf_datastores_client_retrieve_to_xarray_quickstart.py

1import ecmwf.datastores.client as datastores
2
3# Initialize the client
4# The client will use the configuration from ~/.ecmwf-datastores-client.yaml
5# or environment variables (ECMWF_DATASTORES_URL and ECMWF_DATASTORES_TOKEN)
6client = datastores.Client()
7
8# Example: Retrieve data from a specific datastore
9# This example assumes a datastore named 'reanalysis' is available
10result = client.retrieve(
11    "reanalysis",
12    {
13        "variable": "2m_temperature",
14        "date": "2023-01-01",
15        "time": "12:00",
16    }
17)
18
19# Load the result into an xarray dataset
20ds = result.to_xarray()
21
22# Display the dataset
23print(ds)
24
25# Or download the result to a file
26# result.download("output.grib")