nsidc · JessicaS11 · Feb 18, 2025 · Feb 18, 2025 · Mar 18, 2025 · Mar 18, 2025
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+Open science only reaches its full potential if we have easy-to-use workflows that facilitate research in an efficient and reproducible way. Unfortunately —as it stands today— scientists and students alike face a steep learning curve adapting to systems that have grown too complex and end up spending more time on the technicalities of the tools, cloud and NASA APIs than focusing on their important science.
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+During several workshops organized by [NASA Openscapes](https://nasa-openscapes.github.io/events.html), the need to provide easy-to-use tools to our users became evident. Open science is a collaborative effort; it involves people from different technical backgrounds, and the data analysis to solve the pressing problems we face cannot be limited by the complexity of the underlying systems. Therefore, providing easy access to NASA Earthdata regardless of the data storage location (hosted within or outside of the cloud) was a main motivation behind this Python library.
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+Originally spearheaded by [NASA Openscapes](https://nasa-openscapes.github.io/), an open source community supporting users across the NASA Earth science data centers (Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs)), today `earthaccess` is a community-driven project, built on top of several NASA APIs and libraries along with many other open-source packages.
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-# What is `earthaccess`?
+<p align="center">
+<img alt="earthaccess, a python library to search, download or stream NASA Earth science data with just a few lines of code" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/717735/205517116-7a5d0f41-7acc-441e-94ba-2e541bfb7fc8.png" width="70%" align="center" />
+</p>
 
-`earthaccess` is a python library to **search for**, and **download** or **stream** NASA Earth science data with just a few lines of code.
 
-Open science only reaches its full potential if we have easy-to-use workflows that facilitate research in an efficient and reproducible way. Unfortunately —as it stands today— scientists and students alike face a steep learning curve adapting to systems that have grown too complex and end up spending more time on the technicalities of the tools, cloud and NASA APIs than focusing on their important science.
+# Welcome to `earthaccess`!
+
+`earthaccess` is a Python library to **search for** and **download** or **stream** NASA Earth science data with just a few lines of code.
+
+>*"earthaccess revolutionizes data access by drastically reducing the complexity and code required. Since open science is a collaborative effort involving people from different technical backgrounds, our team took the approach that data analysis can and should be made more inclusive and accessible by reducing the complexities of underlying systems."*
+>
+>Luis López, an NSIDC software developer and earthaccess creator
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+# Community Resources
+
+Earthaccess is a highly active, open-source, and community-driven library whose development is being led through NASA Openscapes, an initiative to support researchers using data distributed by NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) as they migrate workflows to the cloud. Development of the earthaccess library also features leadership and contributions from private industry and the broader user community.
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+- [earthaccess Blog](https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/blogearthaccess-earth-science-data-simplified)
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+- [earthaccess: Accelerating NASA Earthdata access through open, collaborative development](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K5RbQj4OKWt49kznIF9ct-cmWADlvdYA0eI7dA7_fFg/edit#slide=id.g269ad4ab477_0_691) - Luis López, Matt Fisher, Aaron Friesz, Qiusheng Wu, Amy Steiker, earthaccess community. Feb 26, 2024. NASA ESDS Tech Spotlight. ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIr3j1_wDc0))
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+- [The earthaccess Python Library: Awesome Discovery and Access of NASA Earthdata](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT8BN1C4FkHrid_eVfOwJjZzKGn9Nomb6mnDj3Nld-nD0ekzoenxQIq6Xzo9VFQsXbixCNskadBwPwM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000) - Amy Steiker, Andrew P. Barrett, Charles Daniels, Matthew Fisher, Daniel Kaufman, Joseph H. Kennedy, Luis López, Julia S. Stewart Lowndes, Jessica Scheick, The NASA Openscapes mentors team. December 9, 2024. AGU Fall Conference Poster ([slide](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iBqeMQcdNAxQfhIH9jdcvI2m1HmBxJFixLX1BnwG-S8/edit#slide=id.g317ff1cef8c_1_87))
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+
+# About
+
+![*NASA Earthdata using `earthaccess` for impactful science. Art by Allison Horst and Openscapes.*](images/earthaccess_environmental_horst.jpg){alt="3-panel watercolor artwork depicting earthaccess' position as a missing link between environmental data and data analysis. Depicts environmental data within mountains and streams with arrows labeled 'import' and 'earthaccess' that connect to a data analysis panel and then a communicate panel." width="100%"}
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+We can use `earthaccess` to do impactful science, faster:
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+- Search Data: Explore NASA's extensive collection of Earth science data, powered by [CMR](https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html).
+- Access Data: Download data to your local machine or stream it directly into your Python scripts through [`fsspec`](https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec).
+- Authenticate: Manage your [NASA Earthdata Login (EDL)](https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov) and Earthdata Cloud credentials.
 
-During several workshops organized by [NASA Openscapes](https://nasa-openscapes.github.io/events.html), the need to provide easy-to-use tools to our users became evident. Open science is a collaborative effort; it involves people from different technical backgrounds, and the data analysis to solve the pressing problems we face cannot be limited by the complexity of the underlying systems. Therefore, providing easy access to NASA Earthdata regardless of the data storage location (hosted within or outside of the cloud) is the main motivation behind this Python library.
 
 The library is an open source community effort under an [MIT license](LICENSE.txt).  We welcome contributions to improve `earthaccess`.  Please see the [Contributing Guide](contributing/index.md) to learn how to get involved.
 
-***earthaccess*** handles authentication with [NASA's Earthdata Login (EDL)](https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov), search using NASA's [CMR](https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html) and access through [`fsspec`](https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec).
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+
+# Supported By
+
+<p align="center">
+<img alt="NASA logo" src="nasa-logo.png" width="40%" />
+<img alt="ESDIS logo" src="logos/earthdata-logo.jpg" width="40%" />
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+<img alt="NSIDC" src="nsidc-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="ASF" src="logos/asf-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="ASDC" src="logos/asdc-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="GESDISC" src="logos/gesdisc-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="podaac" src="logos/podaac-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="lpdaac" src="logos/lpdaac-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="ORNLdaac" src="logos/ornl-logo.jpg" width="20%" />
+<img alt="OB.DAAC" src="logos/obdaac-logo.svg" width="20%" />
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+<img alt="Openscapes" src="logos/openscapes_hex-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="Development Seed" src="logos/devseed-logo.png" width="20%" />
+<img alt="Coiled" src="logos/coiled-logo.png" width="20%" />
+</p>
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