NSIDC maintains and distributes a variety of AVHRR data products, including a collection of AVHRR Polar Pathfinder data. We also use AVHRR Level-1B imagery to monitor developing melt ponds and ice sheet breakup in Antarctica. The tables below summarize these data offerings and provide links to order data and view documentation.
All AVHRR products from the NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program at NSIDC are in 1-byte and 2-byte integer grid format.
| DIF ID | Data Set Title |
|---|---|
| NSIDC-0065 | AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Twice-Daily 1.25 km EASE-Grid Composites |
| NSIDC-0066 | AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Twice-Daily 5 km EASE-Grid Composites |
| NSIDC-0094 | AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Twice-Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Composites |
| NSIDC-0069 | Polar Pathfinder Sampler: AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I, and TOVS Samples and Combined Time Series |
| DIF ID | Data Set Title |
|---|---|
| NSIDC-0022 | AVHRR Polar 1 km Level-1B Data Set |
| ARCSS044 | AVHRR (1km) Data Collected Onboard the USCGC Polar Sea |
| NSIDC-0026 | AVHRR Leads-ARI Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures |