Metobs Files Request Application

Products Available

Currently, there are level_00 products from 2 instrument platforms accessible through this interface, the AOSS AERI and AOSS Tower. Level_00 products for the Mendota Buoy and level_a0 products for the AOSS Tower and Mendota Buoy will be made available soon.

Query Format

    csv
    json
    sh
    bat
                    

Stream Quantifiers

AOSS Tower:

AOSS AERI:

ARM Product Levels:

Product levels are based on the ARM data levels. More information can be found here.

Example Queries

• Latest ASCII file for AOSS Tower:
  /api/files.csv?streams=aoss.tower.ascii.level_00.*
• Latest .SCR files AOSS AERI:
  /api/files.csv?streams=aoss.aeri.scr-aesitter.l00.*:aoss.aeri.scr-radiance.l00.*:aoss.aeri.scr-summary.l00.*
• Last 2 days of all AOSS AERI level 00 files:
  /api/files.csv?streams=aoss.aeri.*.l00.*&begin=-2
• AOSS AERI Par, QC, and B1.UVS files for 2016-07-11
  /api/files.csv?streams=aoss.aeri.par.l00.*:aoss.aeri.qc.l00.*:aoss.aeri.uvs-b1.l00.*&dates=2016-07-11
• AOSS AERI Par and AOSS Tower ASCII files for 2016-07-11
  /api/files.csv?streams=aoss.aeri.par.l00.*:aoss.tower.ascii.l00.*&dates=2016-07-11

Data Formats:

CSV

• Comma separated list of values with a single line header of file names:

  # status: success
  # code: 200
  # message:
  # num_results: 2
  # Fields: filename, url, site, inst, level, size
  rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii,http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii,aoss,tower,level_00,0
  rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii,http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii,aoss,tower,level_00,0
                          

JSON

For displaying data using javascript or AJAX, use a JSON format. The api automatically returns that format as a CORS HTTP request; this particular CORS request allows cross origin get requests.

• The JSON structure:

  {
      "code": 200,
      "data": [
                  {
                      "filename": "rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii",
                      "inst": "tower",
                      "level": "level_00",
                      "site": "aoss",
                      "size": 0,
                      "url": "http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii"
                  },
                  {
                      "filename": "rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii",
                      "inst": "tower",
                      "level": "level_00",
                      "site": "aoss",
                      "size": 0,
                      "url": "http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii"
                  }
              ],
      "message": "",
      "num_results": 2,
      "status": "success"
  }
                          

SH

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# status: success
# code: 200
# message:
# num_results: 2
#
# Instructions for post-download:
# 1. Using the command line, go to the directory where this script is saved
# 2. Make this script executable 'chmod +x <name of script>'
# 3. Run the script 'bash <name of script>'

#Create directory structure
CWD=$(pwd)

if [[ ! -d data ]]; then
    mkdir data
fi

cd data

#get files
xargs -n1 curl --create-dirs -o '#1' <<EOF
http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/{aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii}
http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/{aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii}
EOF
                        

bat

@echo off

REM status: success
REM code: 200
REM message:
REM num_results: 2

REM Instructions for post-download:
REM 1. Using windows' command line, go to the directory where this script is saved
REM 2. Tap in
REM 3. Hold ctrl + c when download are done and hit Y, then enter
REM 4. Finally, files will be in a data directory

if not exist %cd%\data\aoss\tower\level_00\version_00\2016\08 (
    mkdir %cd%\data\aoss\tower\level_00\version_00\2016\08
)
if not exist %cd%\data\aoss\tower\level_00\version_00\2016\08 (
    mkdir %cd%\data\aoss\tower\level_00\version_00\2016\08
)

bitsadmin /create myDownloadJob

bitsadmin /addfile myDownloadJob http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii %cd%\data\aoss\tower\level_00\version_00\2016\08rig_tower.2016-08-03.ascii
bitsadmin /addfile myDownloadJob http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/cache/aoss/tower/level_00/version_00/2016/08/rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii %cd%\data\aoss\tower\level_00\version_00\2016\08rig_tower.2016-08-04.ascii
bitsadmin /resume myDownloadJob
bitsadmin /SetNotifyCmdLine myDownloadJob "%SystemRoot%\system32\bitsadmin.exe" "%SystemRoot%\syste,32\bitsadmin.exe /complete myDownloadJob"
bitsadmin /monitor
                        

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