EDC DAAC Plans to Assist User Community with HDF
Pre-launch provision of, and access to, simulated science data, ancillary files, and metadata in HDF-EOS format would benefit development efforts of “service providers”
Provide access to sample datasets from AM-1, Landsat-7 on EDC DAAC Web site via “anonymous FTP”
Provide “hot links” to HDF-EOS references/tools on document servers
These are proactive measures, yet the immediate post-launch support is to meet validation/calibration requirements of the Instrument and Science teams