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```{r, include = FALSE}
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fig.path = "man/figures/README-",
out.width = "100%"
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# NASAaccess
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[*Ibrahim N. Mohammed*](https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/ibrahim.mohammed "Ibrahim N. Mohammed")
## **What is NASAaccess?**
*NASAaccess* is a software application in the form of a [R](https://www.r-project.org/about.html) package, a [conda](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/) package, and a web application. *NASAaccess* software can generate gridded ascii tables of climate [CMIP5](https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/ "Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5"), [CMIP6](https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP6/ "Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6"), and weather data ([GPM](https://gpm.nasa.gov/data/directory "Global Precipitation Measurement"), [TRMM](https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/trmm "Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission"), [GLDAS](https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas "Global Land Data Assimilation System")) needed to drive various hydrological models (e.g., [SWAT](https://swat.tamu.edu/ "Soil & Water Assessment Tool"), [VIC](https://github.com/UW-Hydro/VIC "Variable Infiltration Capacity"), [RHESSys](https://github.com/RHESSys/RHESSys "The Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System"), ...etc.).
## **Where to find the NASAaccess software?**
The *NASAaccess* R package is an open source software package under [NASA Open Source Agreement v1.3](https://opensource.org/licenses/NASA-1.3) and can be downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/nasa/NASAaccess.
*NASAaccess* is also available as a [Tethys](https://www.tethysplatform.org/) web-based application that can be installed on servers for multiple usage suited for agencies and centers. Full details on installing the web-based version of *NASAaccess* at local servers can be found at [Here](https://nasaaccess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nasaaccess_tethys.html).
*NASAaccess* conda package can be installed directly from *Anaconda* by searching for `r-nasaaccess`.
## **What is needed to install the NASAaccess software on my local machine?**
On a local machine the user should have installed the following programs as well as setting up a user account. The list below gives a summary of what is needed to be done prior to work with NASAaccess software on any local machine:
+ [Installing R software](https://www.r-project.org/)
+ [Installing Rstudio software](https://www.rstudio.com/) (OPTIONAL)
+ *NASAaccess* R package needs a user registration access with [Earthdata](https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/). Users should set up a registration account(s) with [Earthdata](https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/) login as well as well as authorizing [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/ "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration") [GES DISC](https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/) data access. Please refer to https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/data-access for further details.
+ After registration with [Earthdata](https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/) *NASAaccess* software package users should create a reference file (*netrc*) with [Earthdata](https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/) credentials stored in it to streamline the retrieval access to [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/ "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration") servers.
- Creating the *.netrc* file at the user machine *Home* directory and storing the user [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/ "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration") [GES DISC](https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/) logging information in it is needed to execute the *NASAaccess* package commands. Accessing data at NASA servers is further explained at [Here](https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/EL/How+To+Access+Data+With+cURL+And+Wget).
- For Windows users the [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/ "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration") [GES DISC](https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/) logging information should be saved in a file **\_netrc** beside the **.netrc** file explained above.
+ Installing [*curl*](https://curl.se/) software . Since Mac users have [*curl*](https://curl.se/) as part of macOS build, Windows users should make sure that their local machines build have [*curl*](https://curl.se/) installed properly.
+ Checking if you can run [*curl*](https://curl.se/) from your command prompt. Type `curl --help` and you should see the help pages for the [*curl*](https://curl.se/) program once everything is defined correctly.
+ Within Rstudio or R terminal run the following commands to install *NASAaccess*:
- `library(devtools)`
- `install_github("nasa/NASAaccess", build_vignettes = TRUE)`
- `library(NASAaccess)`
Within the Rstudio help tab the user can verify that the package has been installed and browse the help pages of the various functions of *NASAaccess*.
## **Is there a walk through examples for NASAaccess software?**
Yes!
Software users are encouraged to visit (https://imohamme.github.io/NASAaccess/) to learn more on *NASAaccess* functionality and capabilities.
## **How to cite the NASAaccess software?**
Mohammed, I. N., 2019, NASAaccess: Downloading and reformatting tool for NASA earth observation data products [software]. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. https://github.com/nasa/NASAaccess