As part of NSIDC DAAC’s continuing effort to fully transition our data and access tools to NASA Earthdata Cloud, the Data Access Tool "Order Files” option will be retired and replaced with Earthdata Download on April 16, 2025. Earthdata Download is an application that enables efficient direct download for orders of any size. This update ensures continued access to all datasets available through the Data Access Tool, whether they are cloud-hosted or not. Note this update only impacts the “Order Files” download option – workflows utilizing the Data Access Tool Python script or transfer to Earthdata Search options will be unaffected.
Additionally, the Data Access Tool "Order History” page will also be retired two weeks after this update, on April 30, 2025. After this date, all orders placed prior to April 16 will expire and your list of previous orders using the “Order Files” option will be removed. Please make sure to download data from orders placed before April 16 as soon as possible.
This updated direct download option utilizes NASA’s native desktop application Earthdata Download. To use this download option, it is necessary to install the new version release of Earthdata Download (v1.0.4) available here: https://nasa.github.io/earthdata-download/.
For more information using the Earthdata Download application, please visit this help article: https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/how-use-earthdata-download.