SmartMet Server

SmartMet Server is a data and product server for MetOcean data. It provides a high capacity and high availability data and product server for MetOcean data. The server is written in C++, since 2008 it has been in operational use by the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI.

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.

Server Structure

SmartMet Server consists of following components:

Component	Description	Source Code
qdtools	Helper programs to handle underling data	https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-qdtools
Libraries	Libraries required to run programs and the server	https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-spine https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-newbase https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-macgyver https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-gis https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-giza https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-locus https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-regression https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-library-imagine
Server	The server daemon itself	https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-server
Engines	Common modules with a state	https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-engine-geonames https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-engine-sputnik https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-engine-querydata https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-engine-observation https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-engine-contour https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-engine-gis
Plugins	Plugins providing interfaces to clients	https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-timeseries https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-meta https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-frontend https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-wfs https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-wms https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-autocomplete https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-backend https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-download https://github.com/fmidev/smartmet-plugin-admin

Licence

The server is published with MIT-license.

How to contribute

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!

Documentation

Each module is documented in module module wiki.

Communication and Resources

You may contact us from following channels:

• Email: [email protected]
• 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