<h1>Where to find the data</h1>

<p>The German Climate Research Center (<a href="https://www.dkrz.de/up" rel="noreferrer">DKRZ</a>, Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum) hosts the Word Data Center for Climate (<a href="https://www.dkrz.de/up/systems/wdcc" rel="noreferrer">WDCC</a>). You can search the WDCC via the CERA Database (<a href="https://cera-www.dkrz.de/" rel="noreferrer">cera-www.dkrz.de</a>).</p>

<p>Looking for ECHAM provides you with several sets of ECHAM model results: <a href="https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/q?query=ECHAM&amp;page=0&amp;rows=50" rel="noreferrer">here</a>. You get at least the ECHAM data for the second to fourth IPCC assessment reports and some more data sets.</p>

<p>You need to have a login. It can be easily created.</p>

<h1>Information on the structure of the data at CERA</h1>

<p>You have <strong>projects</strong>, <strong>experiments</strong>, and <strong>data</strong> (sets).</p>

<p><em>Projects</em> contain overall information on the model setup, on the data producers, and on the validation.</p>

<p>One <em>experiment</em> can summarize several <em>data</em> sets. For a coupled climate model this could mean, that the physical ocean, the biogeochemical ocean, the meteorology, and the atmospheric chemistry are saved as individual <em>data</em> sets, which are than summarized as one <em>experiment</em>.</p>

<p>Experiments can have a doi (<a href="http://www.doi.org/" rel="noreferrer">digital object identifier</a>). Thus, they are easily citeable in scientific publications and long-term available.</p>

<h1>Access data at the WDCC</h1>

<p>You can directly download data via the web-interface. As an alternative, you can use <a href="https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/info?site=jblob" rel="noreferrer">jblob</a>, which is a command line utility for downloading data from the WDCC. Jblob also has some options to pre-process data on the DKRZ servers prior to download it -- which might reduce your file size. For both access pathways you need to have a valid login.</p>

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<p>Is there any website where can I download ECHAM climate model data?</p>

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# where can I download ECHAM climate model data?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-21)

Is there any website where can I download ECHAM climate model data?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-21. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

# Where to find the data

The German Climate Research Center ([DKRZ](https://www.dkrz.de/up), Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum) hosts the Word Data Center for Climate ([WDCC](https://www.dkrz.de/up/systems/wdcc)). You can search the WDCC via the CERA Database ([cera-www.dkrz.de](https://cera-www.dkrz.de/)).

Looking for ECHAM provides you with several sets of ECHAM model results: [here](https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/q?query=ECHAM&page=0&rows=50). You get at least the ECHAM data for the second to fourth IPCC assessment reports and some more data sets.

You need to have a login. It can be easily created.

# Information on the structure of the data at CERA

You have **projects**, **experiments**, and **data** (sets).

*Projects* contain overall information on the model setup, on the data producers, and on the validation.

One *experiment* can summarize several *data* sets. For a coupled climate model this could mean, that the physical ocean, the biogeochemical ocean, the meteorology, and the atmospheric chemistry are saved as individual *data* sets, which are than summarized as one *experiment*.

Experiments can have a doi ([digital object identifier](http://www.doi.org/)). Thus, they are easily citeable in scientific publications and long-term available.

# Access data at the WDCC

You can directly download data via the web-interface. As an alternative, you can use [jblob](https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/info?site=jblob), which is a command line utility for downloading data from the WDCC. Jblob also has some options to pre-process data on the DKRZ servers prior to download it -- which might reduce your file size. For both access pathways you need to have a valid login.


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