is there a detailed user manual?

[lwk1542]

such as:

1. how to set the configuration content of .netrc file. EARTHDATA_USERNAME=[],EARTHDATA_PASSWORD=[]
2. What are the optional parameters for variables? I want to search MOD021KM, how to set the short_name or sensor?
3. ...

[jroebuck932]

Hi, thank you for your question. We are currently working on detailed user documentation and we can let you know as soon as that is available. In the meantime, I can try to answer your two questions:

1. For details on how to configure the netrc with your earthdata login details, please see Step 1 at the top of this help article: https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/programmatic-data-access-guide

2. To search for MOD021KM, you could use the search_data method:

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name = 'MOD021KM',
    cloud_hosted = False,
    bounding_box = (-180,-90,180,90)
    temporal = ('2022-01-01,2022-01-31)
    count = 100
)

where
cloud_hosted = False will search for data that are not in the cloud
bounding_box is a spatial filter by specifying the latitude and longitude in the order of W,S,E,N
temporal is a temporal filter by specifying a start and end date in the format YYYY-MM-DD
count sets the maximum number of granules that will be returned in the search

I hope this helps

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[asteiker]

@lwk1542 For 1., we have documentation on .netrc usage here: https://earthaccess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/authenticate/#authentication. For 2., We have a list of arguments for data search here: https://earthaccess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-reference/api/api/#earthaccess.api.search_data.

Thank you @jroebuck932 for your earlier suggestions! We miss you at NSIDC ❤️

[mfisher87]

2., We have a list of arguments for data search here: https://earthaccess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-reference/api/api/#earthaccess.api.search_data.

Although those lists are incomplete at the moment! See: #345