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Anonymous FTP Site Instructions

To access the PO.DAAC FTP site, enter the following on a computer which is connected to the internet:

ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov

To login, enter "anonymous" at the name prompt, and use your complete e-mail address as your password. All available data are located in the pub directory. To change directories, enter:
cd pub
ls

The latter command will list all files and subdirectories. The subdirectories in the pub directory are named according to oceanographic parameter. Therefore, to access sea surface temperature data, for example, enter:
cd pub/sea_surface_temperature

Once you have located the files which you would like to transfer, enter:
get filename

to obtain a single file. Similarly, multiple files can be obtained using the "mget" command.
mget *common*

where *common* are all files with "common" in their filenames.
Please remember that most PO.DAAC data files are in binary, and thus, must be transferred in binary. To do so, enter:

binary

before "getting" any files.
Once you have completed data transfer, enter:

quit

to end your FTP session.