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  - **Copyright**: British Crown copyright © Met Office
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  ## Details
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- ### Zarr Format and Tar Archives
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  - **Format**: The dataset files are in Zarr format, a modern storage format optimized for analytics and machine learning workflows.
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- - **Packaging**: Zarr files are stored as `.tar.gz` archives. Each archive corresponds to a specific time interval, such as `2022-12-01-00.tar.gz`.
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  ### Subset Configuration
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  - The dataset includes a subset of variables and configurations chosen for targeted use cases.
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  - For details on the variables and configurations included in this dataset, please refer to the [`met_office_uk_data_config.yaml`](./met_office_uk_data_config.yaml) file.
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- ## How to Access
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- You can download and extract the tar archives using the following Python snippet:
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- ```python
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- import tarfile
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- # Example: Extracting a tar.gz archive
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- archive_path = "2022-12-01-00.tar.gz"
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- with tarfile.open(archive_path, "r:gz") as tar:
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- tar.extractall(path="extracted_zarr")
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- ```
 
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  - **Copyright**: British Crown copyright © Met Office
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  ## Details
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+ ### Zarr Format and Zip Archives
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  - **Format**: The dataset files are in Zarr format, a modern storage format optimized for analytics and machine learning workflows.
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+ - **Packaging**: Zarr files are stored as `.zarr.zip` archives. Each archive corresponds to a specific time interval, such as `2023-01-01-00.zarr.zip`.
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  ### Subset Configuration
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  - The dataset includes a subset of variables and configurations chosen for targeted use cases.
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  - For details on the variables and configurations included in this dataset, please refer to the [`met_office_uk_data_config.yaml`](./met_office_uk_data_config.yaml) file.