Global Climate Data Archive

Welcome to the Aurora Open Data Initiative. We provide researchers, academics, and the public with unmetered access to high-resolution historical meteorological records. Our repository contains over 4 Petabytes of processed satellite telemetry, oceanic buoy readings, and atmospheric modeling data.

Batch Downloading via CLI

To ensure data integrity over long-duration downloads, please use tools that support connection resuming. Here is an example using our Python API wrapper to fetch the 2023 Pacific Cyclone dataset:

# Install the Aurora downloader client
pip install aurora-climate-client

# Initiate a batch download for a specific region (Outputs .nc files)
aurora-cli fetch --region "pacific-rim" --year 2023 --resolution high --out-dir /data/climate/

# Note: This operation may take several hours and transfer up to 800GB of data.
# Ensure your network interface supports sustained high-throughput connections.

Available Dataset Catalogs

All data is provided under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). Formats follow the CF (Climate and Forecast) metadata conventions.