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- | ====== WDB ====== | ||
- | WDB is a database system designed to store meteorological, | ||
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- | WDB is an open-source project licensed under [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== Release Status ===== | ||
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- | WDB version 0.6.0 is ([[http:// | ||
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- | ===== WDB Features ===== | ||
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- | * **Decode and store meteorological forecast fields** | ||
- | * WDB has loading programs to load forecasts, analysis, etc. stored in GRIB1 format. Metadata is provided for HIRLAM fields | ||
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- | * **Decode and store oceanographic fields** | ||
- | * WDB has loading programs to load wave and circulation models stored in GRIB1 files. Metadata is provided for WAM fields | ||
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- | * **Flexible retrieval interface** | ||
- | * The WDB Call Interface (WCI) allows the extraction of entire fields or points (time-series) from the database using an SQL-based function interface. | ||
- | * WCI is compatible with C++; it should be usable in C, Java, Perl, Python, and Fortran as well (however, these interfaces are not yet tested). | ||
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- | ===== WDB Roadmap ===== | ||
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- | * Putting WDB into production in the Hindcast project (multi-terabyte forecast field archive) | ||
- | * Creating a load-balancing and fail-over solution for the WDB system | ||
- | * Improving the test framework and documentation | ||
- | * Improving the performance of the overall system; but in particular the extraction of forecast points from fields in time series | ||
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- | ~~NOTOC~~ |