Help on Interface Screens : 3.38. Summary Document Search Form

A Summary Document Search finds brief data set information for you. This includes the data set name, its title, the data center where it can be found and its location bounds.

The information obtained from a Summary Document Search can be reused in narrowing down a Primary Data Search; doing a Summary Document (Directory) Search first to locate those data sets which meet your criteria can greatly reduce the time needed in a subsequent Primary Data Search.

Not all DAACs support Summary Document Search. US data centers all currently support it, as well as DLR-DFD and IRE-CPSSI.

Choose keywords from one or more categories

• You do not need to specify any categories for your search, but doing so will make it easier for you to find the particular data set you're looking for.

Choose addtional options

Query Name: The name the system will try to give to the query when you save the query (download) to your local machine.

Start Search

Click the start search button to start your search.

Upload/Download a Query

This function is at the bottom of this page. If you've named your query, you can download a copy of it to your local machine and save it by clicking on the Download query button. If you've already got a saved query, you can click on the browse button to show the browser where your query is and then upload it with the Upload Query button. The search type will be set to your current selection and not the search type from the uploaded file.

Search Types

Using these links located on the lower left side of the page, you can switch to the Primary Data Search Form, Local Granule ID Search, Data Granule ID Search, Detailed Document Search Form or the AIRS Browse Search.

You can also switch to the Primary Data Search Form by clicking the link at the top of the page.