.. _download-using-opendap-how-to: ###################### Download Using OPeNDAP ###################### |catalog_download_data_opendap_gif| #. Click on the Download button |catalog_data_download_icon|. #. Select ``THREDDS OPeNDAP``. #. The OPeNDAP Dataset Access Form 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 ``Get ASCII`` at the top of the page. #. The dataset will display in a new browser tab for you to copy-paste. .. 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 ` section.