NSIDC Monthly Highlights RSS Feed http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/index.html Each month, NSIDC presents highlights of our activities and accomplishments. Learn how we are addressing challenges in data management, investigating current questions in the cryosphere, and developing innovative ways to add value for our data and information users. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:30:00 MDT NASA Mission Bridges Satellite Gap; NSIDC Bridges Data Access http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/february2010.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/february2010.html Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 MDT NSIDC supports NASA in its quest to ensure continuous study of ice in Earth's polar regions. Techno-Archaeology Rescues Climate Data from Early Satellites http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/january2010.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/january2010.html Friday, 5 Feb 2010 15:00:00 MDT NSIDC and NASA data scientists proved the use of 21st-century techniques to revive data from 1960s satellites. Searchlight Puts Data in a Whole New Light http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/december2009.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/december2009.html Wednesday, 13 Jan 2010 08:00:00 MDT NSIDC is reducing the distance between our users and our cryospheric data holdings, thanks to an evolution in NSIDC data architecture called Searchlight. NSIDC DAAC Data Pick Up Speed http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/november2009.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/november2009.html Monday, 7 December 2009 12:00:00 MDT This year, access to data at NSIDC improved significantly, as a result of a substantial archive-technology shift and data migration by the NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). Glacier Photographs at NSIDC http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/october2009.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/october2009.html Thurs, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 MDT The National Snow and Ice Data Center houses an extensive collection of glacier photographs that constitute an important historical record, providing visual evidence of how glaciers have changed over time. Introducing ROCS http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/september2009.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/september2009.html Monday, 14 Sep 2009 08:49:00 MDT The National Snow and Ice Data Center's Library and Analog Archives have a new name and a new presence. Please meet the new Roger G. Barry Resource Office for Cryospheric Studies (ROCS) at NSIDC. With the new name comes a new effort to make these collections visible and accessible to external audiences. Arctic Amplification http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/august2009.html http://nsidc.org/monthlyhighlights/august2009.html Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:30:00 MDT Recent Septembers have seen the extent of Arctic sea ice cover fall to about 60% of levels in the early 1970s. The past two years, 2007 and 2008, saw the lowest and second-lowest ice extent ever recorded.