http://nsidc.org/data/atlas Atlas of the Cryosphere news, new data sets, and new features. 2009-05-11T22:12:55+00:00 en-us National Snow and Ice Data Center nsidc@nsidc.org http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/save_data_function.html Users of the Atlas of the Cryosphere can now download the underlying data for each of the layers displayed in the map, including options for data format, map projection, resolution, and cropping to the current map view. 2009-05-11T22:12:55+00:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/save_map_function.html Users of the Atlas of the Cryosphere can now save maps as a variety of image formats, including PNG, JPG, GIF, GeoTIFF, KMZ (Google Earth), and others. 2009-05-11T22:09:55+00:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/antarctic_coastlines.html The borders used to represent Antarctica in the Atlas of the Cryosphere have been updated with an improved, MODIS-derived set of coastlines (Bohlander and Scambos 2007). 2009-01-12T22:21:55+00:00 -90 -180 -90 180 -60 180 -60 -180 90 -180 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/bedrock_elevation.html The BEDMAP (Lythe and Vaughan 2000) map of Antarctica's bedrock elevation (the elevation of the solid land beneath the ice sheet) is now available in the Atlas of the Cryosphere. 2009-01-09T23:42:12+00:00 -90 -180 -90 180 -60 180 -60 -180 90 -180 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/ice_core_additions.html Additional deep ice core locations have been added to the Atlas of the Cryosphere for both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. 2009-01-09T23:41:05+00:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/wfs_wcs_upgrade.html Support for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS) has been upgraded from Version 1.0.0 to 1.1.0. Similarly, Web Coverage Service (WCS) has been upgraded from Version 1.0.0 to 1.1.1. 2008-11-17T21:21:13+00:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/sea_ice_update.html Monthly climatologies of sea ice extent and sea ice concentration in the Atlas of the Cryosphere now include data spanning 1979 through 2007. 2008-07-03T01:13:21+01:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/blue_marble.html NASA Earth Observatory's "Blue Marble: Next Generation" satellite imagery are now available in the Atlas of the Cryosphere. 2007-11-21T17:43:20-07:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/greenland_surface_melt.html A map of the average number of days of surface melt on the Greenland ice sheet between 1979-2004 is now available in the Atlas of the Cryosphere. 2007-07-17T14:18:20-07:00 60 -73 60 -10 84 -10 84 -73 60 -73 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/new_map_projections.html Additional map projections are now supported through the Atlas of the Cryosphere Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS), including several northern hemisphere polar projections recently added in version 6.12 of the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Dataset. 2007-06-19T14:43:32-07:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/wcs_available.html Raster data sources for the Atlas of the Cryosphere are now accessible remotely in GeoTIFF format via the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Coverage Service (WCS). 2007-02-16T13:06:12-07:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/wfs_available.html Select vector data sources (i.e. points, lines, and polygons) for the Atlas of the Cryosphere are now accessible remotely via the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS). 2007-02-07T12:28:24-07:00 http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/news/atlas_released.html The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Atlas of the Cryosphere web mapping site is now available (http://nsidc.org/data/atlas). View dynamic, online maps of snow, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost, and more, for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 2007-02-02T16:09:33-07:00