Temporary Access to the Daily and 3-Hourly Data can be obtained
through the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Storage Resource
Broker (SRB), associated with the University of California at San
Diego, where the data currently resides. This link will be streamlined
in the near future. For the moment, the steps below can be used to
obtain the data sets while the access interface is developed.

The simplest way to access the data is through the MS Windows-based
inQ browser software.  The instructions below are for users of the inQ
Browser.

1) Download the software from http://www.npaci.edu/dice/srb/inQ/inQ.html

2) After installing the software, start the SRB Browser program. Enter
   the following in the login box [Note: as of Feb 2005 some of these 
   values may be different. If these values do not function, use those 
   further down in this README file]:

   SRB  Host:             srb.sdsc.edu
   Default Resource:      dtf-hpss-sdsc
   Authentication Scheme: ENCRYPT1
   SRB User Name:         datauser
   User Domain:           washington
   SRB Password:          DATAUSER
   Port Number:           5824

3) This will drop you into the default collection (which appears as a
   folder in SRB browser, and which will be referred to as a folder
   below) datauser.washington. Click on the "home" folder, and then
   select the folder for edm.washington, to view the contents of the
   folder /home/edm.washington

   Continue to the folder "LDAS_2_netCDF", then "ldas_1987to2000"
   where the data for the years 1987 through 2000 are stored.

4) Select either daily or 3-hourly data (3-hourly is in the folder
   "swapped_3hourly")
 
5) There are 19 folders for the individual variables, each of which
   has 14 files, one for each year. Select the files you are
   interested in downloading.

6) To download file, select the files you are interested in (note that
   you can select multiple files at a time) and click the large blue
   down arrow in the menu bar.  You will be asked to andspecify the
   location you would like the selected file(s) copied to.

   This should successfully copy the desired data onto your local
   system. Please note that the SRB Browser software is still under
   development. It would be appreciated if any unanticipated behavior
   were sent to the SRB development group at srb@sdsc.edu

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It is also possible to gain direct web access to the data (but we have
had problems accessing the data in this way (June 2002) and recommend
using the inQ browser software discussed above):

1) Access the data through the SDSC Storage Resource Broker (SRB) can
   be obtained from: https://srb.npaci.edu/myzonesrb.shtml

2) Type the following data into the boxes on the form:

   SRB User Name:  datauser
   User Domain:    washington
   SRB Password:   DATAUSER
   srbHost:        srb.sdsc.edu
   Port Number:    8824
   srb zone left blank

Sometimes the Port number and Host sometimes seem to change. If the
listed numbers do not work. Please try http://nvo.sdsc.edu/HYDRO.
Also, please email eclark 'at' hydro 'dot' washington 'dot' edu to
report the problem.

3) Select (click on) "Move Up" to see a list of other directories

4) Select the collection "edm.washington"

5) Select sub-collection "LDAS_2_netCDF"

6) Select the appropriate sub-collection for the years you are
   interested in.  For example, select "ldas_1987to2000" for data from
   years 1987 through 2000.

7) Then select either "daily" for daily average data or
   "swapped_3hourly" for full 3-hourly data.

8) Select the variables of interest, and the years of interest (one
   file per year)

If you have problems with the data access, you can contact
srb@sdsc.edu

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Finally, a suite of UNIX-based utilities exists, which may be a
possibility for those without access to a Windows-based machine.  For
more information contact srb@sdsc.edu

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