SmartMet Server is a data and procut server for MetOcean data. It provides high capacity and high availability data and product server for MetOcean data. The server is written in C++.
The server can read input data from various sources:
- GRIB (1 and 2)
- NetCDF
- SQL database
The server provides several output interfaces:
- WMS 1.3.0
- WFS 2.0
- Several custom interface and several output formats:
- JSON
- XML
- ASCII
- HTML
- SERIAL
- GRIB1
- GRIB2
- NetCDF
- Raster images
The server is INSPIRE compliant. It is used for FMI data services and product generation. It's been operative since 2008 and used for FMI Open Data Portal since 2013.
The server is especially good for extracting weather data and generating products based on gridded data (GRIB and NetCDF). The data is extracted and products generating always on-demand.
SmartMet Server consists of following components:
The server is published with MIT-license.
Found a bug? Want to implement a new feature? Your contribution is very welcome!
Small changes and bug fixes can be submitted via pull request. In larger contributions, premilinary plan is recommended (in GitHub wiki).
CLA is required in order to contribute. Please contact us for more information!
Each module is documented in module module wiki.
You may contact us from following channels:
- Email: beta@fmi.fi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fmibeta/
- GitHub: issues
Other resources which may be useful:
- Presentation about the server: http://www.slideshare.net/tervo/smartmet-server-providing-metocean-data
- Our public web pages (in Finnish): http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/avoin-lahdekoodi