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        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_source_auto_examples_discovery_plot_mplnet.py>`
        to download the full example code.

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.. _sphx_glr_source_auto_examples_discovery_plot_mplnet.py:


NASA MPLNET
-----------

This example shows how to download data from
NASA's MicroPulsed Lidar Network

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-19




.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none

    MPLNET.Appalachian_State
    MPLNET.Barcelona
    MPLNET.CARTEL
    MPLNET.Cambridge_Bay
    MPLNET.Douliu
    MPLNET.EPA-NCU
    MPLNET.El_Arenosillo
    MPLNET.GSFC
    MPLNET.Izana
    MPLNET.KAUST_Campus
    MPLNET.Kaohsiung
    MPLNET.King_George_Island
    MPLNET.London-CDN
    MPLNET.OPAL
    MPLNET.SEDE_BOKER
    MPLNET.Sandy_Cove
    MPLNET.Santa_Cruz_Tenerife
    MPLNET.Sao_Paolo
    MPLNET.Silpakorn_Univ
    MPLNET.Singapore
    MPLNET.South_Pole
    MPLNET.Stony_Plain
    MPLNET.Toronto_Downtown
    MPLNET.UH_Liberty
    MPLNET.UMBC
    MPLNET.Univ_of_Nevada-Reno
    MPLNET.Univ_of_Saskatchewan
    MPLNET.Xitun

    Please Review the MPLNET Data Policy Prior to Use of MPLNET Data
    The MPLNET Data Policy can be found at:
            https://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/data-policy

    Please Include the Following Acknowledgements in Any Publication 
    or presentation of MPLNET data, regardless of co-authorship status:

            The MPLNET project is funded by the NASA Radiation Sciences Program 
            and Earth Observing System.

            We thank the MPLNET (PI) for (its/theirs) effort in establishing 
            and maintaining sites.

    [DOWNLOADING]  MPLNET_V3_L1_NRB_20220901_MPL44258_GSFC.nc4






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.. code-block:: Python


    import act

    # Determine MPLNET site of interest
    meta = act.discovery.get_mplnet_meta(sites="active", method="data", print_to_screen=True)

    # Download MPLNET data for site of interest
    output = act.discovery.download_mplnet_data(
        version=3, level=1, product="NRB", site="GSFC", year="2022", month="09", day="01"
    )


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