{"id":170839,"date":"2011-10-27T03:48:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T03:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/fetchclimate\/"},"modified":"2017-07-04T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T20:18:00","slug":"fetchclimate","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/fetchclimate\/","title":{"rendered":"FetchClimate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"asset-content\">FetchClimate is a fast, free, intelligent environmental information retrieval service that operates over the cloud to return only the environmental data you need. FetchClimate can be accessed either through a simple web interface or via a few lines of code inside any program.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"largeText\">Get environmental information in four easy steps<\/h3>\n<p class=\"largeText\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fetchclimate_progressive-image-circles550x144.png\" alt=\"fetchclimate_progressive-image-circles550x144\" width=\"550\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fetchclimate_progressive-image-circles550x144.png 550w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fetchclimate_progressive-image-circles550x144-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"en-usprojectsfetchclimatedefault\" class=\"page-content\">\n<table class=\" tWiz\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 270px\">\n<p><div style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fetchclimate-2.jpg\" width=\"318\" height=\"241\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FetchClimate provides ready access to complex geographical data.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">FetchClimate provides ready access to complex geographical information including, but not limited to, climatological information. On accessing the FetchClimate Azure web service, you simply need to perform four steps to find what you are looking for:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Draw the location on the Earth via points or grids (Where?)<\/li>\n<li>Specify the data of interest (What?)<\/li>\n<li>Set the timeframe, including future predictions, and a combination of averages over\u2014or steps through\u2014years, days, and hours (When?)<\/li>\n<li>Fetch and view your results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>FetchClimate will choose the best data set for your query, and perform all the necessary regridding in space and time. It will return a best guess, uncertainty, and provenance for your query and display the results on the map for visual exploration. Alternatively, the FetchClimate service can be used directly via a simple API, from within programs written in any .NET language, Python, P or MatLab.<\/p>\n<p><i>As of June 30<\/i><sup><em>th<\/em><\/sup><em> 2016, the FetchClimate project will be closing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/fetchclimate2.cloudapp.net\/\"><b>Try FetchClimate online now<\/b><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(the link forwards to a web site maintained by Moscow State University)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<div class=\"moray-accordion\" data-show=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"group\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"expand\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Expand all\">Expand all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"collapse\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\">Collapse all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\tFeatures\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Area selection: enables selection of single or multiple regions or points<\/li>\n<li>Data:\n<ul>\n<li>Delivers air temperature, precipitation, and much more<\/li>\n<li>Intelligently selects a data source for each request, or enables the user to select particular data sets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Time series: retrieves annual, seasonal, monthly, and daily data<\/li>\n<li>Output: presents the results graphically or export it to CSV<\/li>\n<li>Provides access through the web interface, a client application, or programmatically through a REST API<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To try online, download, or learn more, watch the latest tutorial video, or read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fetchclimate2userguide_04212014.pdf\">FetchClimate user guide<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (PDF, 2.24 MB).<\/p>\n<p>We are releasing FetchClimate in four different ways:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A\u00a0FetchClimate web service, running against a set of standard, useful climatological layers. Access that via the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/fetchclimate.org\/\">web explorer<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, or use the API to this service from inside a program.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0deployment package for you to create your own FetchClimate-powered service. All you need is a Microsoft Azure account and some data you would like to populate into the service and potentially\u00a0share with the world. Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cf599a5f-fc6b-49a2-9da9-07c2b51975b1\">deployment package<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, which comes with the same web explorer that we used for the standard web service.<\/li>\n<li>The front-end web explorer will also be released open source, so you can rework and adapt it to work with you own FetchClimate-powered service. For example, you can rebrand the explorer to match your institution (all we ask is that you acknowledge that the service is powered by FetchClimate). This release is not ready just yet\u2014please watch this space.<\/li>\n<li>A simple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=aaff23b3-c9d4-4813-a9ac-4c6ae8af8a5d\">client\u00a0app<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> that lets you call the FetchClimate standalone from the command-line or link to your program in C, C#, or another Microsoft .NET language..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: All four releases are early versions of FetchClimate. If you choose to use our service or set up your own, you can enjoy all the excitement\u2014plus possible unanticipated behavior\u2014that early adopters often encounter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-3\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-3\">\n\t\tDetails\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<h4><em>Retrieve climatic and environmental information with the click of a button or a few lines of code<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>FetchClimate is a fast, free, intelligent, climate cloud-based information retrieval service. You can access FetchClimate through a simple web interface, or via a few lines of code in any .NET program. FetchClimate makes it easy for you to retrieve information for any geographical region, at any grid resolution\u2014ranging from global to continental to a few kilometers. It also retrieves data for any range of years, months, and days within the year, and\/or hours within the day. FetchClimate reports the uncertainty associated with the values it returns and lists the data sources it uses to fulfill the request. When multiple sources could potentially provide information on the same environmental variable, FetchClimate automatically selects the most appropriate data source. In addition, you can share your query as a single URL, enabling others to retrieve the identical information, or you can export the results as a CSV file.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-4\">\n\t\tAbout\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>FetchClimate was developed by the Computational Science Lab at Microsoft Research Cambridge, in collaboration with Microsoft Research Connections and the <span lang=\"EN-US\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/itis.cs.msu.ru\/\">Information Technologies in Science laboratory<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Moscow State University.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-5\">\n\t\tRelated Links\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Related Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/fetchclimate2.cloudapp.net\/\">Try FetchClimate\u00a0online<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fetchclimate2userguide_04212014.pdf\">Download the FetchClimate user guide<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (PDF, 2.24 MB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fetchclimate_deployment_guide.pdf\">Download the FetchClimate deployment guide<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (PDF,\u00a01.16 MB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cf599a5f-fc6b-49a2-9da9-07c2b51975b1\">Deploy your own instance of FetchClimate on Microsoft Azure<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=aaff23b3-c9d4-4813-a9ac-4c6ae8af8a5d\">Download the FetchClimate client<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/fetchClimate\">FetchClimate on GitHub<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/h3\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FetchClimate is a fast, free, intelligent environmental information retrieval service that operates over the cloud to return only the environmental data you need. 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