#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

# ## Fetch the data using Python's `urllib` package
# This will download the data to your local drive if it doesn't exist already.

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#Import the packages needed to fetch the data
import os, urllib


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#Set the URL pointing to the data
url='http://thredds.northwestknowledge.net:8080/thredds/fileServer/' + \
    'NWCSC_INTEGRATED_SCENARIOS_ALL_CLIMATE/macav2livneh/bcc-csm1-1/' + \
    'macav2livneh_pr_bcc-csm1-1_r1i1p1_historical_1990_2005_CONUS_monthly.nc'


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#Get the filename from the url
fileName = url.split("/")[-1]
print(fileName)


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#Fetch the data and store as the local file
if not os.path.exists(fileName):
    print("Fetching the dataset")
    urllib.request.urlretrieve (url, fileName);
    print("Done!")
else:
    print("Data already downloaded")