Download Datasets

A list of all available OpenADB collections can be found on the OpenADB Website.

Code-Example:

# Import package
import openadbapi

# Initialize class
openadb_api = openadbapi.API()

# Search for datasets to download.
args = {}
collection = 'CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_OC_NTC_V20'
granules = openadb_api.search(collection, args)

# Output directory where results are stored
path_output = 'downloads/'

# Download records (without overwrite)
response = openadb_api.download(granules, path_output)

# Download records (with overwrite)
#~ response = openadb_api.download(granules, path_output, overwrite=1)

File structure of downloaded data:

<path_output>
    <collection>
        <cycle>
            <dataset>

Output of Download Skript:

2025-12-03 17:08:42 INFO [API.py:71] Username: ********
2025-12-03 17:08:42 INFO [API.py:72] API-Key: ********
2025-12-03 17:08:43 INFO [API.py:82] Authentication successful
2025-12-03 17:08:43 INFO [API.py:146] Search datasets ...
2025-12-03 17:08:45 INFO [API.py:170] 30312 record(s) in download queue
2025-12-03 17:08:45 INFO [API.py:191] 0/30312 - 0.00% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0465_20200801T000139Z_20200801T004742Z_20230127T073433Z_N02657_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:46 INFO [API.py:191] 1/30312 - 0.00% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0466_20200801T005444Z_20200801T014053Z_20230127T073433Z_N02297_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:46 INFO [API.py:191] 2/30312 - 0.01% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0467_20200801T014054Z_20200801T022638Z_20230127T073433Z_N02267_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:46 INFO [API.py:191] 3/30312 - 0.01% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0468_20200801T023711Z_20200801T032007Z_20230127T073433Z_N01538_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:46 INFO [API.py:191] 4/30312 - 0.01% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0469_20200801T032009Z_20200801T040439Z_20230127T073433Z_N01373_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:47 INFO [API.py:191] 5/30312 - 0.02% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0470_20200801T041613Z_20200801T045922Z_20230127T073433Z_N01520_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:47 INFO [API.py:191] 6/30312 - 0.02% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0471_20200801T045923Z_20200801T054448Z_20230127T073433Z_N01988_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
2025-12-03 17:08:47 INFO [API.py:191] 7/30312 - 0.02% - Downloading CRYOSAT2_L3_MIX_EOT_INT_1HZ_C001_P0472_20200801T055530Z_20200801T063837Z_20230127T073433Z_N01822_OC_NTC_V20_R00.nc ...
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