Short descriptions or instructions are provided where appropriate. If a data product has browse images, then a preview feature is provided. At the lowest level, a list of data items is shown. At certain levels of the hierarchy, you can also use orbital and parameter search features to customize your search. Specific help is also provided at the top of each page of this system.
Views are a method of catagorizing data into functional groups.
These different perspectives of looking at the data allow users to search for data more efficiently. All data can be accessed from within any view. Which view to use depends on your interests and objective. All first-time users of the GSFC DAAC data search and order interface must register before ordering data. You can then specify your spatial and temporal search criteria and, from the results of the search, select the data you want to order.