Ahodges/documentation/doc764

@WatsonEmily , please distribute for PM review for usability by our audience.
@jhelbert , @stroilova , @shnayder , @rocha  please review for accuracy, completeness, and level of detail, particularly wrt data czars who will need to revise scripts for post-download processing.
@mhoeber , @srpearce please copy edit.
I will mention that this file will be deprecated a limited number of times. I don't think it's necessary to say so every single time the file is mentioned in this section.