/nasa-uv-data-downloader

A way to download [Level-2 OMI Surface UV Irradiance and Erythemal Dose](https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/data-holdings/OMI/omuvbg_v003.shtml) from NASA.

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A way to download Level-2 OMI Surface UV Irradiance and Erythemal Dose from NASA.

About the Data

Data is stored in ~9005 files, some are .he5 (hdf) data files and others are matching .xml metadata files.

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Note: File Size(Approx) is approximate size per data file. Current is Mar 4, 2017. The weekly update had not been uploaded yet, so at the time this script was written, last day of data downloaded was from Feb 28, 2017.

(currently FMI is delivering data on weekly basis)

Version Begin Date End Date
003 Oct 2, 2004 Current

Production Frequency: 14 files/day Granule (File) Coverage: one orbit File Size(Approx): 130 MB

Steps to Run Download

  1. Register With Earthdata Login
  2. Authorize NASA GESDISC DATA ARCHIVE in Earthdata Login
  3. Clone or download this repo
git clone https://github.com/sketch-city/nasa-uv-data-downloader.git
  1. Then run the script:
./nasa-uv-data-downloader/script.sh -u <username> -p <password>

where <username> and <password> are from Step 1, the Earthdata login.

You can also add a -d option for date. -d can be any of the following: 2017 201702 20170201 or any other date string in the YYYY, YYYYMM, or YYYYMMDD format.

By default, both .he5 data and the corresponding .xml data will be downloaded. You can add a --without-meta flag or --without-data flag to the command as needed.

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