.. _netcdf-subset-how-to:

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Download Using NetCDF Subset
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#. Click on the Download button |catalog_data_download_icon|.
#. Select ``THREDDS NetCDF Subset``.
#. The Unidata NetCDF Subset Service will open in a new browser tab.
#. Select the variable(s) you'd like to download.
#. Subset the dataset by latitude, longitude, and time range.
#. Click ``Submit`` at the bottom of the page to download the dataset, or copy the NCSS Request URL.

.. note::  The default time stride is 1, which downloads all time slices in the dataset; a stride of 2 will download every second time slice, and so forth.

For more information about NetCDF Subset, please see the :ref:`Gridded Data <gridded-data-overview>` section.