After having submitted a query, the server processes the request and sends you an e-mail message that tells you where to retrieve the data. A typical e-mail message resembles the following:

You will see a summary of the search criteria that you used as well as other information. The most important item is the hyperlink on which you click to retrieve the data. The data files are compressed into a single .ZIP file. Before downloading the file, you may look at the file "detailxxxx.txt." This file contains the principal metadata characterizing the files found that meet the your query requirements:

After examining this file, you may decide not to download the data set.