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Overview

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Learning Objectives

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Requirements

1. Compute environment - This notebook can only be run in an AWS Cloud instance running in the us-west-2 region.

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 …

Install Packages

import earthaccess
import xarray as xr

We recommend authenticating your Earthdata Login (EDL) information using the earthaccess python package as follows:

auth = earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc") # works if the EDL login already been persisted to a netrc
if not auth.authenticated:
    # ask for EDL credentials and persist them in a .netrc file
    auth = earthaccess.login(strategy="interactive", persist=True)