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earthaccess is a community-driven python library that streamlines access to NASA's Earth science data and supports researchers who are migrating their workflows to the cloud. 

This library handles Earthdata Login authentication, allows users to search data in the Common Metadata Repository, and download data no matter if you are downloading data from in the cloud or on-premises. 

 

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In this tutorial, we use PRISM Level 2A surface reflectance from the BioSCape campaign for studying blooms of Noctiluca scintillans and turbidity.
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Oct. 6, 2026
This tutorial shows how to discover, stream, and orthorectify PRISM Level 1B calibrated radiance for the PACE-PAX campaign and how to compare radiance spectra.
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Sept. 30, 2026
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