Data Services

ECMWF Data Services encompass three main components:

1. ECMWF Archive, Realtime, Software for external organizations (see below)

and also:

2. ECMWF access to the MARS archive service for Member States
   
3. The ECMWF Research Data Server for publicly available data for research use

Data Services provide Archived Data and Software to external organizations under the rules agreed by ECMWF Council.

For information on our Real-Time Products for Service Providers and End Users please visit our Catalogue of Real -Time Products.

• Data Archive Services
• Software Services
• The ECMWF analysis and forecasting system
• Technical information
• Catalogue of Real -Time Products

Data Archive Services

Use Data finder to check the availability of the data that interest you. If you wish to have a costing or to place a request for data you can use our On-line costing system.

From its operational and research activities ECMWF has collected a unique set of global Numerical Weather Prediction data in its archives.

To enable this data, assembled as a result of ECMWF operations, to be accessible to as many users as possible, Data Services provide data sets or tailored retrievals from the archive, according to the rules agreed by the ECMWF Council.

This part contains pages for all the available Data Archives and Data Sets. The Data Set descriptions, the ordering instructions, and the order forms can be found below the individual Data Set web pages.

For research or educational purposes, this service is provided at handling cost only. Read more about our data charges.

You may also wish to check our downloadable datasets available free of charge for research and educational purposes.

Software Services

Data Services distribute software developed by ECMWF, under the rules agreed by the ECMWF Council.This section contains pages for all the available software items. The software descriptions, the charges and the ordering instructions can be found below the individual software web pages.

The ECMWF analysis and forecasting system

This section includes a brief history and the full evolution of the ECMWF analysis and forecasting system. Some representative snapshots of specific models, during the evolution of the ECMWF analysis and forecasting system in use, are also available.

Technical information

This part contains essential technical information for users of the ECMWF data archive.