Beginning August 30, 2024, data products distributed by NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) will no longer be available through the USGS EarthExplorer data discovery tool and the USGS Machine-to-Machine (M2M) application programming interface (API).
Users needing to search for and access data archived at NASA's LP DAAC are encouraged to familiarize themselves with NASA Earthdata Search or the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS). For those who use M2M programmatic search and access, alternative access points include the AppEEARS API, Common Metadata Repository API (CMR API), earthaccess Python library, and the earthdatalogin utilities package for R users. A list of the LP DAAC datasets that will be affected is available on the LP DAAC website.
To become familiar with the key features and functionalities of Earthdata Search, please see the Getting Started Guide on how to Search, Order, and Download LP DAAC data with NASA Earthdata Search (PDF; 2.8 MB). To familiarize yourself with the AppEEARS data extraction tool, please see the Efficient Geospatial Data Access with NASA's AppEEARS Earthdata webinar. Additional AppEEARS data resources are available at LP DAAC.
If you currently use EarthExplorer to access NASA LP DAAC data products and encounter any issues with updating your access workflows, please contact the LP DAAC user support team at LPDAAC@usgs.gov. For updates to the departure timeline please subscribe to the LP DAAC listserv by sending a blank email to lpdaac-join@lists.nasa.gov.
