Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answers to some frequently asked questions. Use the links below to access specific question groupings.

• Finding Data
Ways to discover and access RDA data

• Downloading Data
Utilities that can be used to download data and how to handle some common problems that occur during a data download

• Using Data
Helpful information about using data once it has been downloaded to your local machine

• Data User Registration/Sign-in
How to register, sign-in, reset a password, etc.

• Acknowleding DSS in Published Research
If you use our data in published research, we request that you acknowledge NCAR as follows:
The data were provided by the Data Support Section of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. NCAR is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.
We also request that you acknowledge the original source(s) of the data, which can be found on the dataset home page.