Prerequisites

Before the Workshop, you will need the following:

1. Earthdata Login Account

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. Please remember your username and password!

2. GitHub Account

A GitHub account is required to gain access to the provided 2i2c cloud computing platform. Please visit https://github.com/join to register and create a free GitHub account. Make sure you have sent your username to the workshop leaders via this Google Form once you have done so for access to our cloud computing environment.

3. Laptop or tablet

Participation in the exercises requires a laptop or tablet. Yes, a tablet works too! All participants will have access to a 2i2c Jupyter Lab instance running in AWS us-west 2.