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The CanadaMeteoWCS data import allows access and import of gridded Numerical Weather Prediction and re-analysis data from the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) GeoMet Services.



Specifically the Web Coverage Service (WCS) documented on the MSC Open Data portal.

This import builds a WCS url query and imports the returned netCDF file.


Helpful MSC Online Documentation:

WCS Overview: https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-geomet/web-services_en/#web-coverage-service-wcs

Available data types: https://geo.weather.gc.ca/geomet?SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=2.0.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

Data source - Environment and Climate Change Canada (License):  https://dd.weather.gc.ca/doc/LICENCE_GENERAL.txt


This data import is available from the Delft-FEWS 2018.02 and newer.


Example complete query for a GDPS layer

Available since 2018.02. 

Imports dta from:

https://geo.weather.gc.ca/geomet?SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=2.0.1&REQUEST=GetCoverage&COVERAGEID=GDPS.ETA_HR&SUBSETTINGCRS=EPSG:4326&SUBSET=x(-144,-70)&SUBSET=y(46,69)&FORMAT=image/netcdf&TIME=2020-01-19T00:00:00Z

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