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    ECMWF moves towards a policy of open data

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    • Gkikas LGPZG
      Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist
      last edited by

      Great news for the meteorological community worldwide.
      https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2020/ecmwf-moves-towards-policy-open-data

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      • Yves70Y
        Yves70 Meteorologist | Premium
        last edited by

        @Gkikas-LGPZ
        Yes, I was aware of this move and this is aboslutely great news !

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          frank1316
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          That sounds really great. Does that mean that only the charts will be for free or also the underlying data? Checking out the page I could only find the free charts. We are a small provider of price forecasts in the power industry and we could not afford to pay for the data since they are quite expensive. Therefore, we are currently only using GFS data. Getting the data for free would really help us competing with the bigger players.

          Looking forward to hear your thoughts!

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          • idefix37I
            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @frank1316
            last edited by idefix37

            @frank1316
            The new open data policy concerns only maps, diagrams, and also meteogram and sounding for a location. It does not include data itself via GRIB files.

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            • Yves70Y
              Yves70 Meteorologist | Premium
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              I hope that this major step forward initiated by ECMWF will push other institutes and groups, like Meteo France, to be engaged in the same type of move to share much more data for free, via maps and charts. Of course, GRIB files are another story,...

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