Frequently asked questions
Registration/data access
/
- How can I register?
Please, to register for AVISO+ products, fill the registration form available here.
Please give us some details about your motivation. Insert A-Z letters, numbers, '.', '-', '_' and spaces only!. Note especially that the character ',' (comma) is not allowed for the moment in the motivation field.
Category: Registration/data access- Once I have registered, how do I have information about the products?
Once you have filled the form, you have received emails for the connexion. Please note that the AVISO+ service desk will manually validate your registration (it can take 1-2 days) and then you will access the data (an email is sent for the validation).
With your account identifiers, connect on the MY AVISO+ personal page
You will find information on the 'Help & Contact' page. The products to which you are subscribed are listed in the 'products' page.
you will have access to the services available for each product
Category: Registration/data access- Can I reset my password?
You can reset your passord in https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
Note that your account is your email address
Category: Registration/data access- How could I log on with my ftp account?
Symptoms:
- I could not download the data from the authenticated ftp folders.
- I don't see any place to enter my username/password.
To access to data from authenticated ftp site, firstly you must have a personal account provided by the Aviso Users Services after you have properly filled the registration form available online.
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have your access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool, you have to connect with your personal account information by proceeding as follows:
1/ On your dedicated My Aviso + web page (see FAQ "Once I have registered, hos do I have information about the products"
2/ With a web browser:
- Using Firefox: WRITE ftp://yourLOGIN:yourPASSWORD@ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr into the URL bar.
- OR using Internet Explorer: WRITE ftp://ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr, click on Page, choose 'Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer' then enter your login and password.
Then browse 'global' directory ...
3/ Otherwise, see below the other ways to log in:
- by using a FTP client (FileZilla for example): enter 'ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' in the hostname, then your login and password in the appropriate boxes.
- By using Unix commands: write 'ftp ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' (and then enter your login/password). You can also use the command line "wget --no-proxy" with the suitable options (--user=YOUR_LOGIN --password=YOUR_PASSWORD).
Some parameters settings have maybe to be checked: passive mode, proxy settings...
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction tool
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have registered on https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
the login/password has been sent by email for the access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool. After validation by the Service Desk, this account gives you the access (see FAQ "Once I have registered, how do I have the information about the products" in the FAQ for the complete access to the products).
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Aviso + Cnes Data Center
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
To get the access on the Aviso + Cnes Data Center,
log on https://aviso-data-center.cnes.fr/
and register as indicated below
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
The access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES) is separate from the other accesses. To get ODES data, there is a unique set of login/password for all AVISO+ users.
To get the new ODES login/password, please contact AVISO+ Service Desk: aviso(at)altimetry.fr .
Category: Registration/data access- How can I request new products?
Once you are registered to a list of products you can ask for a new products:
Go on your dedicated MY AVISO+ web page
Go on your dedicated 'products' page
Go in the section 'Other products you may want to access':
And then select one or more products and click on 'Continue'. PLEASE, SELECT ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU NEED IN ONE STEP, AND NOT ONE BY ONE, OUR SYSTEM IS NOT YET ADAPTED TO SUCH REQUESTS. You will have to sign the licence and submit. The Service Desk will validate your request manually.
Category: Registration/data access- What are the conditions to get Aviso data?
Please refer to the Licence agreement for the conditions of use of Aviso + products.
When a product is requested, please, justify by a short text explaining how you plan to use the data. This helps Aviso in refining the available data to be better tuned to the users' needs.
For a first level of education, the best is to work with online maps (gif format), e.g. the one available through the Argonautica project, or with the Live Access Server.Category: Registration/data access- I'd like data over a precise area (data extraction)
- for some gridded NetCDF data, an online extraction tool is available, please refer to your dedicated products page
- for the other dataset, users have to perform their own extraction from the global or regional datasetsCategory: Registration/data access
Data and processing questions
/
- How can I register?
Please, to register for AVISO+ products, fill the registration form available here.
Please give us some details about your motivation. Insert A-Z letters, numbers, '.', '-', '_' and spaces only!. Note especially that the character ',' (comma) is not allowed for the moment in the motivation field.
Category: Registration/data access- Once I have registered, how do I have information about the products?
Once you have filled the form, you have received emails for the connexion. Please note that the AVISO+ service desk will manually validate your registration (it can take 1-2 days) and then you will access the data (an email is sent for the validation).
With your account identifiers, connect on the MY AVISO+ personal page
You will find information on the 'Help & Contact' page. The products to which you are subscribed are listed in the 'products' page.
you will have access to the services available for each product
Category: Registration/data access- Can I reset my password?
You can reset your passord in https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
Note that your account is your email address
Category: Registration/data access- How could I log on with my ftp account?
Symptoms:
- I could not download the data from the authenticated ftp folders.
- I don't see any place to enter my username/password.
To access to data from authenticated ftp site, firstly you must have a personal account provided by the Aviso Users Services after you have properly filled the registration form available online.
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have your access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool, you have to connect with your personal account information by proceeding as follows:
1/ On your dedicated My Aviso + web page (see FAQ "Once I have registered, hos do I have information about the products"
2/ With a web browser:
- Using Firefox: WRITE ftp://yourLOGIN:yourPASSWORD@ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr into the URL bar.
- OR using Internet Explorer: WRITE ftp://ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr, click on Page, choose 'Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer' then enter your login and password.
Then browse 'global' directory ...
3/ Otherwise, see below the other ways to log in:
- by using a FTP client (FileZilla for example): enter 'ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' in the hostname, then your login and password in the appropriate boxes.
- By using Unix commands: write 'ftp ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' (and then enter your login/password). You can also use the command line "wget --no-proxy" with the suitable options (--user=YOUR_LOGIN --password=YOUR_PASSWORD).
Some parameters settings have maybe to be checked: passive mode, proxy settings...
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction tool
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have registered on https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
the login/password has been sent by email for the access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool. After validation by the Service Desk, this account gives you the access (see FAQ "Once I have registered, how do I have the information about the products" in the FAQ for the complete access to the products).
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Aviso + Cnes Data Center
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
To get the access on the Aviso + Cnes Data Center,
log on https://aviso-data-center.cnes.fr/
and register as indicated below
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
The access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES) is separate from the other accesses. To get ODES data, there is a unique set of login/password for all AVISO+ users.
To get the new ODES login/password, please contact AVISO+ Service Desk: aviso(at)altimetry.fr .
Category: Registration/data access- How can I request new products?
Once you are registered to a list of products you can ask for a new products:
Go on your dedicated MY AVISO+ web page
Go on your dedicated 'products' page
Go in the section 'Other products you may want to access':
And then select one or more products and click on 'Continue'. PLEASE, SELECT ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU NEED IN ONE STEP, AND NOT ONE BY ONE, OUR SYSTEM IS NOT YET ADAPTED TO SUCH REQUESTS. You will have to sign the licence and submit. The Service Desk will validate your request manually.
Category: Registration/data access- What are the conditions to get Aviso data?
Please refer to the Licence agreement for the conditions of use of Aviso + products.
When a product is requested, please, justify by a short text explaining how you plan to use the data. This helps Aviso in refining the available data to be better tuned to the users' needs.
For a first level of education, the best is to work with online maps (gif format), e.g. the one available through the Argonautica project, or with the Live Access Server.Category: Registration/data access- I'd like data over a precise area (data extraction)
- for some gridded NetCDF data, an online extraction tool is available, please refer to your dedicated products page
- for the other dataset, users have to perform their own extraction from the global or regional datasetsCategory: Registration/data access
Altimetry questions
/
- How can I register?
Please, to register for AVISO+ products, fill the registration form available here.
Please give us some details about your motivation. Insert A-Z letters, numbers, '.', '-', '_' and spaces only!. Note especially that the character ',' (comma) is not allowed for the moment in the motivation field.
Category: Registration/data access- Once I have registered, how do I have information about the products?
Once you have filled the form, you have received emails for the connexion. Please note that the AVISO+ service desk will manually validate your registration (it can take 1-2 days) and then you will access the data (an email is sent for the validation).
With your account identifiers, connect on the MY AVISO+ personal page
You will find information on the 'Help & Contact' page. The products to which you are subscribed are listed in the 'products' page.
you will have access to the services available for each product
Category: Registration/data access- Can I reset my password?
You can reset your passord in https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
Note that your account is your email address
Category: Registration/data access- How could I log on with my ftp account?
Symptoms:
- I could not download the data from the authenticated ftp folders.
- I don't see any place to enter my username/password.
To access to data from authenticated ftp site, firstly you must have a personal account provided by the Aviso Users Services after you have properly filled the registration form available online.
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have your access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool, you have to connect with your personal account information by proceeding as follows:
1/ On your dedicated My Aviso + web page (see FAQ "Once I have registered, hos do I have information about the products"
2/ With a web browser:
- Using Firefox: WRITE ftp://yourLOGIN:yourPASSWORD@ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr into the URL bar.
- OR using Internet Explorer: WRITE ftp://ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr, click on Page, choose 'Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer' then enter your login and password.
Then browse 'global' directory ...
3/ Otherwise, see below the other ways to log in:
- by using a FTP client (FileZilla for example): enter 'ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' in the hostname, then your login and password in the appropriate boxes.
- By using Unix commands: write 'ftp ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' (and then enter your login/password). You can also use the command line "wget --no-proxy" with the suitable options (--user=YOUR_LOGIN --password=YOUR_PASSWORD).
Some parameters settings have maybe to be checked: passive mode, proxy settings...
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction tool
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have registered on https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
the login/password has been sent by email for the access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool. After validation by the Service Desk, this account gives you the access (see FAQ "Once I have registered, how do I have the information about the products" in the FAQ for the complete access to the products).
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Aviso + Cnes Data Center
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
To get the access on the Aviso + Cnes Data Center,
log on https://aviso-data-center.cnes.fr/
and register as indicated below
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
The access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES) is separate from the other accesses. To get ODES data, there is a unique set of login/password for all AVISO+ users.
To get the new ODES login/password, please contact AVISO+ Service Desk: aviso(at)altimetry.fr .
Category: Registration/data access- How can I request new products?
Once you are registered to a list of products you can ask for a new products:
Go on your dedicated MY AVISO+ web page
Go on your dedicated 'products' page
Go in the section 'Other products you may want to access':
And then select one or more products and click on 'Continue'. PLEASE, SELECT ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU NEED IN ONE STEP, AND NOT ONE BY ONE, OUR SYSTEM IS NOT YET ADAPTED TO SUCH REQUESTS. You will have to sign the licence and submit. The Service Desk will validate your request manually.
Category: Registration/data access- What are the conditions to get Aviso data?
Please refer to the Licence agreement for the conditions of use of Aviso + products.
When a product is requested, please, justify by a short text explaining how you plan to use the data. This helps Aviso in refining the available data to be better tuned to the users' needs.
For a first level of education, the best is to work with online maps (gif format), e.g. the one available through the Argonautica project, or with the Live Access Server.Category: Registration/data access- I'd like data over a precise area (data extraction)
- for some gridded NetCDF data, an online extraction tool is available, please refer to your dedicated products page
- for the other dataset, users have to perform their own extraction from the global or regional datasetsCategory: Registration/data access
Applications questions
/
- How can I register?
Please, to register for AVISO+ products, fill the registration form available here.
Please give us some details about your motivation. Insert A-Z letters, numbers, '.', '-', '_' and spaces only!. Note especially that the character ',' (comma) is not allowed for the moment in the motivation field.
Category: Registration/data access- Once I have registered, how do I have information about the products?
Once you have filled the form, you have received emails for the connexion. Please note that the AVISO+ service desk will manually validate your registration (it can take 1-2 days) and then you will access the data (an email is sent for the validation).
With your account identifiers, connect on the MY AVISO+ personal page
You will find information on the 'Help & Contact' page. The products to which you are subscribed are listed in the 'products' page.
you will have access to the services available for each product
Category: Registration/data access- Can I reset my password?
You can reset your passord in https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
Note that your account is your email address
Category: Registration/data access- How could I log on with my ftp account?
Symptoms:
- I could not download the data from the authenticated ftp folders.
- I don't see any place to enter my username/password.
To access to data from authenticated ftp site, firstly you must have a personal account provided by the Aviso Users Services after you have properly filled the registration form available online.
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have your access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool, you have to connect with your personal account information by proceeding as follows:
1/ On your dedicated My Aviso + web page (see FAQ "Once I have registered, hos do I have information about the products"
2/ With a web browser:
- Using Firefox: WRITE ftp://yourLOGIN:yourPASSWORD@ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr into the URL bar.
- OR using Internet Explorer: WRITE ftp://ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr, click on Page, choose 'Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer' then enter your login and password.
Then browse 'global' directory ...
3/ Otherwise, see below the other ways to log in:
- by using a FTP client (FileZilla for example): enter 'ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' in the hostname, then your login and password in the appropriate boxes.
- By using Unix commands: write 'ftp ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' (and then enter your login/password). You can also use the command line "wget --no-proxy" with the suitable options (--user=YOUR_LOGIN --password=YOUR_PASSWORD).
Some parameters settings have maybe to be checked: passive mode, proxy settings...
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction tool
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have registered on https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
the login/password has been sent by email for the access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool. After validation by the Service Desk, this account gives you the access (see FAQ "Once I have registered, how do I have the information about the products" in the FAQ for the complete access to the products).
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Aviso + Cnes Data Center
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
To get the access on the Aviso + Cnes Data Center,
log on https://aviso-data-center.cnes.fr/
and register as indicated below
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
The access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES) is separate from the other accesses. To get ODES data, there is a unique set of login/password for all AVISO+ users.
To get the new ODES login/password, please contact AVISO+ Service Desk: aviso(at)altimetry.fr .
Category: Registration/data access- How can I request new products?
Once you are registered to a list of products you can ask for a new products:
Go on your dedicated MY AVISO+ web page
Go on your dedicated 'products' page
Go in the section 'Other products you may want to access':
And then select one or more products and click on 'Continue'. PLEASE, SELECT ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU NEED IN ONE STEP, AND NOT ONE BY ONE, OUR SYSTEM IS NOT YET ADAPTED TO SUCH REQUESTS. You will have to sign the licence and submit. The Service Desk will validate your request manually.
Category: Registration/data access- What are the conditions to get Aviso data?
Please refer to the Licence agreement for the conditions of use of Aviso + products.
When a product is requested, please, justify by a short text explaining how you plan to use the data. This helps Aviso in refining the available data to be better tuned to the users' needs.
For a first level of education, the best is to work with online maps (gif format), e.g. the one available through the Argonautica project, or with the Live Access Server.Category: Registration/data access- I'd like data over a precise area (data extraction)
- for some gridded NetCDF data, an online extraction tool is available, please refer to your dedicated products page
- for the other dataset, users have to perform their own extraction from the global or regional datasetsCategory: Registration/data access
Doris questions
/
- How can I register?
Please, to register for AVISO+ products, fill the registration form available here.
Please give us some details about your motivation. Insert A-Z letters, numbers, '.', '-', '_' and spaces only!. Note especially that the character ',' (comma) is not allowed for the moment in the motivation field.
Category: Registration/data access- Once I have registered, how do I have information about the products?
Once you have filled the form, you have received emails for the connexion. Please note that the AVISO+ service desk will manually validate your registration (it can take 1-2 days) and then you will access the data (an email is sent for the validation).
With your account identifiers, connect on the MY AVISO+ personal page
You will find information on the 'Help & Contact' page. The products to which you are subscribed are listed in the 'products' page.
you will have access to the services available for each product
Category: Registration/data access- Can I reset my password?
You can reset your passord in https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
Note that your account is your email address
Category: Registration/data access- How could I log on with my ftp account?
Symptoms:
- I could not download the data from the authenticated ftp folders.
- I don't see any place to enter my username/password.
To access to data from authenticated ftp site, firstly you must have a personal account provided by the Aviso Users Services after you have properly filled the registration form available online.
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have your access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool, you have to connect with your personal account information by proceeding as follows:
1/ On your dedicated My Aviso + web page (see FAQ "Once I have registered, hos do I have information about the products"
2/ With a web browser:
- Using Firefox: WRITE ftp://yourLOGIN:yourPASSWORD@ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr into the URL bar.
- OR using Internet Explorer: WRITE ftp://ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr, click on Page, choose 'Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer' then enter your login and password.
Then browse 'global' directory ...
3/ Otherwise, see below the other ways to log in:
- by using a FTP client (FileZilla for example): enter 'ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' in the hostname, then your login and password in the appropriate boxes.
- By using Unix commands: write 'ftp ftp-access.aviso.altimetry.fr' (and then enter your login/password). You can also use the command line "wget --no-proxy" with the suitable options (--user=YOUR_LOGIN --password=YOUR_PASSWORD).
Some parameters settings have maybe to be checked: passive mode, proxy settings...
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction tool
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
Once you have registered on https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/my-aviso-plus/reset-password.html
the login/password has been sent by email for the access to the ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool. After validation by the Service Desk, this account gives you the access (see FAQ "Once I have registered, how do I have the information about the products" in the FAQ for the complete access to the products).
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Aviso + Cnes Data Center
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Etraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
To get the access on the Aviso + Cnes Data Center,
log on https://aviso-data-center.cnes.fr/
and register as indicated below
Category: Registration/data access- Access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
There are three different accesses for the following services
- Aviso + Cnes Data Center
- Online Data Extraction Service (ODES)
- ftp/Opendap/Gridded Data Extraction Tool
The access to the Online Data Extraction Service (ODES) is separate from the other accesses. To get ODES data, there is a unique set of login/password for all AVISO+ users.
To get the new ODES login/password, please contact AVISO+ Service Desk: aviso(at)altimetry.fr .
Category: Registration/data access- How can I request new products?
Once you are registered to a list of products you can ask for a new products:
Go on your dedicated MY AVISO+ web page
Go on your dedicated 'products' page
Go in the section 'Other products you may want to access':
And then select one or more products and click on 'Continue'. PLEASE, SELECT ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU NEED IN ONE STEP, AND NOT ONE BY ONE, OUR SYSTEM IS NOT YET ADAPTED TO SUCH REQUESTS. You will have to sign the licence and submit. The Service Desk will validate your request manually.
Category: Registration/data access- What are the conditions to get Aviso data?
Please refer to the Licence agreement for the conditions of use of Aviso + products.
When a product is requested, please, justify by a short text explaining how you plan to use the data. This helps Aviso in refining the available data to be better tuned to the users' needs.
For a first level of education, the best is to work with online maps (gif format), e.g. the one available through the Argonautica project, or with the Live Access Server.Category: Registration/data access- I'd like data over a precise area (data extraction)
- for some gridded NetCDF data, an online extraction tool is available, please refer to your dedicated products page
- for the other dataset, users have to perform their own extraction from the global or regional datasetsCategory: Registration/data access
