NASA MPLNET

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

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

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"
)