Please review the Data Quality Information Summary before using the SORCE data.
The SORCE data products may be accessed via the different methods described below. Please see the "Software Tools" link on the menu bar for ways to read the SORCE data files.
All SORCE data granules are in ASCII tables (ending in .txt) which can be easily read into spreadsheet applications, and each has an accompanying metadata file in XML format (naming convention is <data file>.xml).
Getting Data
We have SORCE datasets as well as data from other sensors on multiple platforms. The following methods are available for getting SORCE and other data products. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Use keywords to find data quickly in a Google-like interface from the GES DISC archive. | |
| Reverb is a client for searching and ordering SORCE and other Earth science data from various NASA and affiliated centers. |
Other Data Access
The following items may also be useful to some of our users.
UARS SOLSTICE and SUSIM solar irradiance data are available from the GES DISC. | |
Links to other data centers. |
FTP Command Line Access
For ftp command line users you must run ftp in passive mode, and login as anoymous:
$ ftp -p acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov
ftp> user anonymous
Password: <your e-mail address>
ftp> cd /data/s4pa/SORCE_Level3
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: The top SORCE Level 3 directory contains directories for each of the available SORCE data products. Under each product directory are additional sub-directories by year which contain a pair of files, the ASCII data file (ending in .txt), plus an accompanying metadata file in XML format (naming convention <data file>.xml).
