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Data Landing Page Current State All users can currently do on Users struggle with the terms our site is download used in the “Get Data” box Users are referred to Earthdata to subset, reformat or reproject.

Research Process  Blink performed initial research  Ten scientist participants with a variety of backgrounds and skill levels  Questions vetted and supplemented by NSIDC  Post-research, both NSIDC and Blink created wireframes  Both sets of wireframes were tested, to compare and contrast  Seven participants; many were from previous research group  Final wireframes incorporated feedback on both proposals

Research Highlights How our users work  Participants frequently used scripting for visualizations  Participants used both web interface and scripting to access data  Python users were interested in sharing and working with others  Participants were interested in support for cloud functionality  Processing and sharing  Some security access concerns  Participants were split over file browsing on the data landing page  Users want an option to view a list of files for individual download  Participants wanted to see a demonstration of the data in use

Research Highlights Technology in hand  Participants all used larger monitors (25 inches or more)  90% Macs  Occasional need to use laptop without monitor (e.g., airports)  Points to a need to better utilize screen real estate  Participants would use mobile, but only for documentation  Ensure site is responsive for all documentation  Avoid PDFs

Wireframe Testing Download Data page Widen page layout Expose version information Highlight key information Retractable sidebar File list updates as filtered (would also like reverse) Temporal filtering Spatial filtering via polygon drawing tool

Wireframe Testing Download Data page Keep summary info in view String search file names Rename to “Download Data” Upload a shape file to spatial tool Total file size Save search filters

Wireframe Testing Download Data page Onsite Earthdata login Subscribe to dataset Rename to “Download Data” Select a geographic entity (e.g., Greenland) Download zipped Download scripts file(s) Save to cloud (Google/Dropbox)

Wireframe Testing User Profile & Order Info Pending order info Intuitive access to profile when logged in Saved searches, subscriptions Order history

Wireframe Testing Sidebar preferences, numbered Favorites (1) • Currently, most users rely on Google / type- ahead Code Sharing (4) • GitHub, StackExchange or home grown Related Data (3) • Also mentioned in 2016 study Forums / Discussions (5) Citation List (2) • Also mentioned in 2016 study

Wireframe Testing Other approved features  User Guide TOC and Search  Alerts  Sample visualization  Autorun  Real time, downloadable  Processing time citations  API/OpenDAP info links  Base research citation  Next Steps  Sample visualization with  File type filter code

Stephanie Heacox Q & A UX Project Lead, NSIDC Stephanie.Heacox@nsidc.org Data Set Links: https://staging.nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0724 https://staging.nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0642 https://staging.nsidc.org/data/SPL2SMP https://staging.nsidc.org/data/MYD10_L2 https://staging.nsidc.org/data/MOD10_L2