earthdata-downloader

Downloads data from NASA Earthdata using the NASA Worldview Snapshots API.

Installation

Preparation

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip

For regular use

pip install .

For development

pip install -e ".[dev]"

CLI

Upon installation the earthdata-downloader command will be available. View its help with:

earthdata-downloader --help

Usage

mkdir -p data/
earthdata-downloader load data/tci.tiff --kind truecolor
earthdata-downloader load data/cld.tiff --kind cloud
earthdata-downloader load data/lnd.tiff --kind landmask

To get data from Aqua, rather than Terra:

earthdata-downloader load data/tci.tiff --kind truecolor --satellite aqua
earthdata-downloader load data/cld.tiff --kind cloud --satellite aqua