diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 YOUR NAME
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# climate_indices
+## Installation 
+pip install climate_indices
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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diff --git a/climate_indices/download.py b/climate_indices/download.py
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+import datetime
+from subprocess import call
+import os
+import sys
+import requests
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
+def file_len(fname):
+    with open(fname) as f:
+        for i, l in enumerate(f):
+            pass
+    return i + 1
+
+def exists(URL):
+    r = requests.head(URL)
+    return r.status_code == requests.codes.ok
+
+def create_url(index, source):
+    """
+    Return the valid URL for download
+
+    :param variable: string
+    :param level: string
+    :param date: datetime
+    :return: sring
+    """
+    if source == 'NOAA':
+        base_url = 'https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/correlation/{index}.data'
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Source not supported")
+
+    base_url = base_url.format(index=index)
+
+    return base_url
+
+def get_data(index, source = 'NOAA'):
+    URL = create_url(index, source)
+
+    if not exists(URL):
+        print(URL)
+        raise ValueError("This URL does not exist")
+
+
+    call(["curl","-s", "-o", 'temp.txt', URL], stdout=open(os.devnull, 'wb'))
+    flen = file_len('temp.txt')
+    df = pd.read_csv('temp.txt',sep='\s+', skiprows=[0,flen-1])
+    call(['rm', 'temp.txt'])
+    df = format_data(df)
+    return df
+
+
+def format_data(df):
+    colnames=['year']
+    [colnames.append(i) for i in range(1,13)]
+    df.columns=colnames
+    df = df.set_index('year')
+    df = df.unstack()
+    df = df.reset_index()
+    df.columns = ['month','year','value']
+    df = df.sort_values(['year','month'])
+    df = df.replace('-99.99', np.NaN)
+    df = df.dropna()
+
+    print(df)
+    print('{year}-{month}-31'.format(year=df['year'].iloc[-1], month=df['month'].iloc[-1]))
+    indexes = pd.date_range(start='{year}-{month}-01'.format(year=df['year'].iloc[0], month=df['month'].iloc[0]),
+                            end='{year}-{month}-31'.format(year=df['year'].iloc[-1], month=df['month'].iloc[-1]),freq='M')
+    print(indexes)
+    df['time']=indexes
+    df = df.set_index(time)
+    df=df.dropna()
+    return df
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    df = get_data('nina34')
+    print(df)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(
+  name = 'climate_indices',         # How you named your package folder (MyLib)
+  packages = ['climate_indices'],   # Chose the same as "name"
+  version = '0.1',      # Start with a small number and increase it with every change you make
+  license='MIT',        # Chose a license from here: https://help.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository
+  description = 'Methods to download NOAA climate indices and format them into a pandas df',   # Give a short description about your library
+  author = 'Gabriel Perez',                   # Type in your name
+  author_email = 'gabrielmpp2@gmail.com',      # Type in your E-Mail
+  url = 'https://github.com/gabrielmpp/meteomath',   # Provide either the link to your github or to your website
+  download_url = 'https://github.com/gabrielmpp/meteomath/archive/v_0.2.tar.gz',    # I explain this later on
+  keywords = ['METEOROLOGY', 'FLUIDS', 'XARRAY'],   # Keywords that define your package best
+  install_requires=[            # I get to this in a second
+          'xarray',
+          'numpy',
+      ],
+  classifiers=[
+    'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',      # Chose either "3 - Alpha", "4 - Beta" or "5 - Production/Stable" as the current state of your package
+
+    'Intended Audience :: Developers',      # Define that your audience are developers
+    'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+  ],
+)