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'''The SPECS-EUPORIAS Data Server''' 

Different sector-specific impact activities to be undertaken in [http://www.specs-fp7.eu SPECS] and [http://www.euporias.eu EUPORIAS] projects require a reduced number of variables (typically at surface) from different data sources (mainly seasonal forecasts, reanalysis, and observations). The [http://www.meteo.unican.es/tds5/catalogs/system4/System4Datasets.html SPECS-EUPORIAS Data Server] has been established by the Santander Meteorology Group (UC-CSIC) as part of the data management activities in these projects to provide a unique access for these impact-relevant variables, gathered from existing datasets. The data portal is based on a THREDDS data server providing metadata and data access using OPeNDAP and other remote data access protocols. Moreover, a user-friendly [http://www.r-project.org R] package has also been developed for exploring and remotely accessing subsets of data, thus reducing the burden of data access in these activities. This package will be also a key component for other tasks of the projects based on R, including the validation and downscaling packages to be developed within SPECS and sector-specific calibration and modeling tools to be developed in EUPORIAS.

This trac/wiki page provides an up-to-date description of the SPECS-EUPORIAS Data Server, including information of the available datasets and the documentation and code of the R data access package. This page is currently under construction, but both a first tutorial describing the basic functioning and a first version of the R package (a R function) are already available: 

'''Dataset catalog:''' [http://www.meteo.unican.es/tds5/catalogs/system4/System4Datasets.html]

'''R code:''' [mtl:browser:MLToolbox/trunk/MLToolbox_experiments/antonio/system4/r/loadSystem4.R loadSystem4.R]

'''Tutorial:''' [attachment:DataPortal_Tutorial.pdf PDF file]

Contents (under development):


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1. [wiki:SpecsEuporias/DataServer Data Server]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/DataServer/THREDDS The THREDDS Data Server]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/DataServer/Datasets Available Datasets]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/DataServer/Web Exploring the Portal via Web]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/DataServer/DAP Low-Level DAP Access]
1. [wiki:SpecsEuporias/RPackage R Package for Data Access]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/RPackage/Authentication Authentication]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/RPackage/Functions Defined Functions]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/RPackage/Examples Examples]
1. [wiki:SpecsEuporias/Interfaces Other interfaces for Data Access]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/Interfaces/RPackage/Python Python]
   * [wiki:SpecsEuporias/Interfaces/RPackage/Matlab Matlab]