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DODS data downloads

DODS allows one to give a application a url and have it directly download data. In this case the url is

http://kmddl.meteo.go.ke:8081/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP-NCAR/.CDAS-1/.MONTHLY/.Intrinsic/.PressureLevel/CBVQ/T/%28days%20since%201960-01-01%29streamgridunitconvert/1+index/.reld/dods
Examples of using DODS
ingrid(http://kmddl.meteo.go.ke:8081/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP-NCAR/.CDAS-1/.MONTHLY/.Intrinsic/.PressureLevel/CBVQ/T/%28days%20since%201960-01-01%29streamgridunitconvert/1+index/.reld/dods)readdods
GrADS*sdfopen http://kmddl.meteo.go.ke:8081/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP-NCAR/.CDAS-1/.MONTHLY/.Intrinsic/.PressureLevel/CBVQ/T/%28days%20since%201960-01-01%29streamgridunitconvert/1+index/.reld/dods
ferretset data "http://kmddl.meteo.go.ke:8081/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP-NCAR/.CDAS-1/.MONTHLY/.Intrinsic/.PressureLevel/CBVQ/T/%28days%20since%201960-01-01%29streamgridunitconvert/1+index/.reld/dods"
matlabloaddap('http://kmddl.meteo.go.ke:8081/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP-NCAR/.CDAS-1/.MONTHLY/.Intrinsic/.PressureLevel/CBVQ/T/%28days%20since%201960-01-01%29streamgridunitconvert/1+index/.reld/dods')

das attribute object
dds data type object
dods data object
info info object (attributes, types and other information)
ver return the version number of the server
help help information (this text)
When you give that url to a DODS client, it actually sends a url with one of the following six file extensions: .das, .dds, .dods, .info, .ver or .help.