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Some tips on searching for data using Earthdata Search.

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Searching in general

While Earthdata Search's free text search field will attempt to understand free text queries. e.g. "land surface temperature over Uganda for the last 10 years" -- it sometimes doesn't return useful results.

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1. Check the following checkboxes on the left:
   Keywords | Land Surface | Land Temperature
   Keywords | Surface Radiative Properties | Land Surface Temperature
   Keywords | Surface Thermal Properties | Land Surface Temperature
2. Enter temporal criteria:  click the clock button next to the free text field, and enter Start: 2008-01-01 00:00:00 and Stop: Today.
3. Enter spacial criteria:  click the compass button next to the free text field, and draw a bounding rectangle around Uganda.

Ordering

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in general

You can download multiple collections, individual collections, selected granules or individual granules.

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After clicking "Download Data" or "Configure and download single granule data," you will see one or more of the following options, depending on what the data provider allows for that collection:

1) Order Data | Direct Download
Allows you to download data as-is now from your browser, either by accessing a list of download links, by downloading a file of data links for offline processing, or by downloading a script that can be used with curl or wget. 

2) Order Data | Stage for Delivery
Allows you to submit a request for a staged delivery.  
You will receive an email with download instructions when the data is ready.

3) Order Data | Customize Product
Allows you to select custom service options to be performed (e.g. subsetting, reprojection, etc.)
You will receive an email with download instructions when the data is ready.

To download multiple collections, use the + button to add collections to a "project" (similar to a shopping cart), and then click the "My Project" button.

Searching: Filtering granules

In granule view, you can filter the granules selected using any combination of the following:

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1. Search for collection ASTGTM
2. Click on the collection, and in granule view in the Granule Search field type *N42W072*

Downloading individual granules

In granule view, you can quickly download granules one at a time using one of the following buttons next to each granule:

• "Download single granule data" - direct download of unmodified granule data, without creating an order
• "Configure and download single granule data" - create an order for the granule.  This allows full access to order options that might be offered by the data provider, e.g. subsetting, etc. 

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Searching by recurring date:  How to search for all Novembers from 2000 to 2018:

1.  In the upper left corner of the screen, click the temporal icon (the clock).
2. In the dialog, check "Recurring"
3. In the dialog, click in "Start," then click "Nov," then click "1"
4. In the dialog, click in "End," then click "Nov," then click "30"
5. In the dialog, adjust "Year Range" to be 2000 - 2018  
6. In the dialog, click "Apply Filter"

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