HowTo dwnld wetmask

Here is how to access the wetlands mask:

 ORNL has re-arranged their site.  
 The below is updated (15Sep2010) to match the new URLs and appearance.

1. go directly to the LBA DAAC Beija Flor search page
   • http://mercdev3.ornl.gov/lba/
2. in the search box in the middle of the page,
   • enter (no quotes) melack basinwide mask
   • (and click "search")
3. on the results page, it will show
   • LBA-ECO LC-07 BASINWIDE AMAZON WETLANDS 100M MASK BASED ON JERS SAR IMAGES (V.Apr08) inside a yellow bar.
   • Below that and to the right, in a grey box, click on "View full metadata"
4. this page shows all the information about this wetland mask.
   • Keep a copy of that page.
5. Scroll down to Download Data Sets,
   • in the section "Download Data Sets" below the yellow "IMPORTANT" box.
   • Just below that box you see two URLs from which you can download the mask.
   • The same April 2008 version of the mask is at both of those URLs.
6. Also please see the "Data Set User's Guide" just below the data download link.

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Quick link to just the geotif:

• ftp://lbaworking.daac.ornl.gov/lba/land_use_land_cover_change/LC07_JERS_Mask_Basinwide/data/