Download of Aqua MODIS SST data

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Download of Aqua MODIS SST data

by ASDC - ingridgs » Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:34 am America/New_York

Dear Earthdata support team members,
I am trying to download MODIS SST data (for instance: "https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/directdataaccess/Level-3 Mapped/Aqua-MODIS/2021/336/AQUA_MODIS.20211202.L3m.DAY.SST4.sst4.4km.nc") via a wget script under Linux. While I followed the steps to generate a .netrc file and also otherwise followed the instructions about how to download the data I am not able to retrieve the netCDF file with its full file size / it is not recognized as a netCDF file. That particular file is downloaded with a size of 18562 Bytes.
However, when I am using a browser (Mozilla Firefox) I can download the file without any problem.
While you might say, ok, then do it via the browser ... I wish to download the data beginning December 2021 until now, daily and monthly, Terra and Aqua, night and day SST ... hence the browser is certainly not an option. I would therefore be grateful if you could assist me in solving the riddle and also tell me how to download more than just one file in one command. Thank you.
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Re: Download of Aqua MODIS SST data

by OB General Science - guoqingw » Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:47 am America/New_York

Hello,

I downloaded the file using following code without any problem:

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wget --load-cookies ~/.urs_cookies --save-cookies ~/.urs_cookies --auth-no-challenge=on https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ob/getfile/AQUA_MODIS.20211202.L3m.DAY.SST4.sst4.4km.nc
If you plan to do bulk downloading, you may want to follow the instructions here: https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/download_methods/

Please try again and let us know if the problem still exists.
Guoqing

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