For information on accessing Aquarius mission data at PO.DAAC see the video tutorial on the PO.DAAC youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Kq09SWZtg
The accompanying tutorial slides are available as a.pdf document at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive ... access.PDF
While the illustrations provided focus on Aquarius datasets, the approach described is generally applicable to accessing all PO.DAAC data holdings.
Areas covered include accessing data via:
- FTP
- THREDDS
- OPeNDAP
- PODAAC-Webservices
This video is a snippet (20 minute duration) of broader instructional material related to the Aquarius/SAC-D mission presented as part of the "ADVICE" educational NASA/EOSDIS EarthData Webinar series:
https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=343