Use API to download SARAH data
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priority: medium
type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Python
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- 402
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Description
Detailed Description
EUMETSAT now provides a nice API for downloading. Instead of having the user manually download SARAH data, we could implement the API like for ERA5 for automatic downloads.
Context
Possible Implementation
https://user.eumetsat.int/catalogue/EO:EUM:DAT:0863/overview
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by finding the existing ERA5 automatic-download implementation and compare its flow with the EUMETSAT SARAH API at the linked catalogue page. Done means users can obtain SARAH data through the package without manually downloading it, with behavior consistent with the ERA5 path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100