Internal Note:

The following is a tutorial template to be used by PO.DAAC staff when developing end-user tutorials.
Copy this template and edit to create your notebook, keeping as many key elements as appropriate.
DO NOT modify this template to create a tutorial. If you wish to make suggestions to improve the template please submit a PR and tag Catalina Oaida Taglialatela (ScienceCat18)

From the PO.DAAC Cookbook, to access the GitHub version of the notebook, follow this link.

Tutorial Title

Author: Name, Affiliation

Summary

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Requirements

1. Compute environment

internal note (remove this note in final tutorial): keep one or both of these Req 1 depending on environment required to run the noteook

This tutorial can be run in the following environments: - AWS instance running in us-west-2: NASA Earthdata Cloud data in S3 can be directly accessed via temporary credentials; this access is limited to requests made within the US West (Oregon) (code: us-west-2) AWS region. - Local compute environment e.g. laptop, server: this tutorial can be run on your local machine

2. Earthdata Login

An Earthdata Login account is required to access data, as well as discover restricted data, from the NASA Earthdata system. Thus, to access NASA data, you need Earthdata Login. Please visit https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov to register and manage your Earthdata Login account. This account is free to create and only takes a moment to set up.

3. Additional Requirements

Any other requirements needed for reproducing this tutorial.

Learning Objectives

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Import Packages

# e.g. 
import earthaccess
import xarray as xr

Authenticate

Authenticate your Earthdata Login (EDL) information using the earthaccess python package as follows:

earthaccess.login() # Login with your EDL credentials if asked

Disclaimer: Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.