[ecco-support] Downloading OCCA data -- FTP link broken

[Geoff Stanley]

Hello,

It seems the FTP link for OCCA data 
<ftp://mit.ecco-group.org/ecco_for_las/OCCA_1x1_v2/2004-6/>, provided on 
the ECCO All Products webpage <https://www.ecco-group.org/products.htm>, 
now requires a password. I have a NASA Earthdata Account (e.g. for 
accessing ECCOv4r4 data), but I have not found OCCA data on that ECCO 
Drive <https://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files>. I use OCCA data myself as 
a useful test dataset for developing algorithms, and I maintain a Python 
package that uses OCCA data for running an example calculation: see 
https://github.com/geoffstanley/neutralocean/blob/main/neutralocean/examples/load_OCCA.py, 
which used to automatically download two OCCA files, but now throws an 
authentication error.

Please let me know if there is still a way to access OCCA data. Is there 
a password for an anonymous login? Ideally, OCCA data can be downloaded 
without having to sign up for an account, which makes my script much 
easier for users to run. If a user does need to create an account to get 
OCCA data, is it allowed (legal) for me to upload these two OCCA files 
to a permanent file hosting service like Zenodo or Figshare?

Thanks very much,
Geoff

P.S. Sorry to send this to both emails; not sure who's remit this falls 
under.

-- 
Geoff Stanley
Banting Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC, Canada
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