News about data set releases, significant updates to data sets, and more. http://nsidc.org/noaa/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0700 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#special-reports-apr-2013 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#special-reports-apr-2013 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0700 Two papers from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas created in 2000 have been re-published as NSIDC Special Reports. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arctic-met-feb-2013 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arctic-met-feb-2013 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:00 -0700 Arctic climate versus weather, water sky and ice blink, highs, lows, and the Arctic Oscillation: You'll read about them, and much more, in All About Arctic Climate and Meteorology. 69 -38 78 -69 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cbenson-jan-2013 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cbenson-jan-2013 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0700 A data set comprised of historical Greenland snow accumulation data from 1911 to 1981 has been released in digital format. 69 -38 78 -69 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#wgi-jan-2013 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#wgi-jan-2013 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0700 The contents of the World Glacier Inventory database have been put into three new formats. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arc-nov-2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arc-nov-2012 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0700 The Roger G. Barry Archives and Resource Center (ARC), formerly ROCS, at NSIDC maintains a unique and rare collection, documenting early polar exploration and the first scientific expeditions to the far reaches of our planet. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#dmi-nov-2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#dmi-nov-2012 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0700 From 1893 to 1956, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) created charts of observed and inferred sea ice extent for each summer month. They are now available from NSIDC. 55 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iip-nov-2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iip-nov-2012 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0700 The International Ice Patrol (IIP) Iceberg Sightings Database now contains 2010 and 2011 data. 65 -57 40 -39 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#landfast-nov-2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#landfast-nov-2012 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0700 This data set, Landfast Ice 1953-1998, contains monthly mean concentrations of fast ice for the Arctic Ocean. 55 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sii-oct-2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sii-oct-2012 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0700 While the content remains the same, the Sea Ice Index Web site has been functionally redesigned so that it is easier to find and compare earlier years of Sea Ice Index data or check up on trends and anomalies in sea ice extent. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex-oct-2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex-oct-2012 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC has archived and made SCICEX 2000 and 2003 Expendable Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (XCTD) data available from the SCICEX Web site. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#paig_aug_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#paig_aug_2012 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:00:00 -0700 The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) had humble beginnings when the U.S. World Data Center (WDC) for Glaciology moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1976. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sii_aug_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sii_aug_2012 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Sea Ice Index data archive now has daily as well as monthly ice extent numbers for the northern and southern hemispheres, and the product documentation has also been overhauled. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#doi_jul_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#doi_jul_2012 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC has acquired DOI numbers for two of our most popular data sets: the World Glacier Inventory and the Glacier Photograph Collection. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cdr_jun_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cdr_jun_2012 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -0700 The NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration data set, released in late 2011 at a daily resolution, has now been processed to include a monthly averaged version of its sea ice climatology. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#liag_apr_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#liag_apr_2012 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:00:00 -0700 The Global Lake and River Ice Phenology database has seasonal freeze-up and breakup dates as well as other descriptive ice information for 865 lakes and rivers in twelve Northern Hemisphere countries. 36 -140 82.5 140 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#wgi_march_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#wgi_march_2012 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0700 In cooperation with the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), NOAA@NSIDC has released an updated version of the World Glacier Inventory (WGI). 89 -180 -72 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#adopt_glacier_feb_2012 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#adopt_glacier_feb_2012 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0700 To help promote awareness of glacier recession and to support the Roger G. Barry Resource Office for Cryospheric Studies (ROCS), ROCS has created an Adopt-a-Glacier fundraising project. 60 180 90 -180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_dec_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_dec_11 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The SCICEX Web site has been improved. The new site includes links to data access locations, science meeting notes and presentations, and history and background of the program. 60 180 90 -180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#seaice_nov_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#seaice_nov_11 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The Sea-ice Thickness and Draft Statistics from Submarine ULS, Moored ULS, and a Coupled Model is now available from NSIDC. 87 180 90 -180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#wcrp_nov_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#wcrp_nov_11 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The World Climate Research Program's (WCRP) Open Science Conference took place in Denver on October 24-28. 39.74 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_nov_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_nov_11 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The International Ice Charting Working Group's 12th meeting was hosted by the British Antarctic survey October 17-21. 52.21 0.12 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cdr_oct_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cdr_oct_11 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0700 In cooperation with NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Climate Data Record (CDR) program, NSIDC has released a CDR of sea ice concentration that has full data transparency. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#ipy_dahli_aug_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#ipy_dahli_aug_11 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC and the Roger G. Barry Resource Office for Cryospheric Studies (ROCS) are pleased to announce the launch of the ROCS Archives Catalog; and with this, the completion of the International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature project - formerly known as DAHLI. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sedna_jun_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sedna_jun_11 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0700 In cooperation with IARC at the University of Alaska, NOAA@NSIDC is providing an access point and standard metadata for the Sea Ice Experiment: Dynamic Nature of the Arctic (SEDNA) project. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arc_may_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arc_may_11 Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The Arctic Report Card gives a yearly summary of environmental conditions. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cdr_apr_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cdr_apr_11 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA team lead Florence Fetterer works with Dr. Walt Meier and others at NSIDC to develop a climate data record for sea ice that meets the criteria set forth by the National Research Council. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#psc_apr_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#psc_apr_11 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0700 While in Seattle for Association of American Geographers (AAG), Florence Fetterer visited the Polar Science Center (PSC) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#green_mar_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#green_mar_11 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The National Snow and Ice Data Center, through a grant from the National Science Foundation, is modifying its facility to become one of the most energy-efficient data centers in the United States. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#pm_workshop_mar_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#pm_workshop_mar_11 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0700 The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project Office sponsored a Satellite-derived Sea Ice Products Community Workshop at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 15-16 March, 2011. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#gpc_mar_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#gpc_mar_11 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0700 Photographs of glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica have been added to the Glacier Photo Collection. -77.7 161.6 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#ghrsst_mar_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#ghrsst_mar_11 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA, the European Space Agency, NASA, and several other agencies sponsor the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) to work on improving the quality, timeliness, and accessibility of sea surface temperature (SST) fields. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#hpip_mar_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#hpip_mar_11 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:00:00 -0700 A new data set called Soil Temperature Station Data from Permafrost Regions of Russia (Selection of Five Stations), 1880s - 2000 has been published along with an educational classroom activity for K-12 students and teachers. 62.0 129.7 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_sac_feb_11 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_sac_feb_11 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC project manager, Ann Windnagel, attended the SCICEX Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting that took place January 26 - 28, 2011 in Washington D.C. 38.88 -77.03 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#masie_dec_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#masie_dec_10 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:00:00 -0700 NSIDC and the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) are pleased to announce a new daily sea ice analysis product: The Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH). 0 180 90 -180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_dec_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_dec_10 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:00 -0700 Documents and presentations from the 11th meeting of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) are available from the IICWG Meetings Web page. 38 -77 39 -76 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#gsa_nov_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#gsa_nov_oct_10 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC project manager Lisa Ballagh gave an invited talk at the Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Denver. 39.73 -104.98 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#geb_nov_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#geb_nov_oct_10 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0700 The NSIDC Sea Ice Index was featured in Google Earth's Blog: The Amazing Things About Google Earth. 40.0 -105.26 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#lead_iicwg_oct_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#lead_iicwg_oct_10 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0700 At the IICWG Science Day on October 26, NOAA@NSIDC lead Florence Fetterer spoke on NOAA's Arctic Sea Ice Forecasting Activities, Research, and Priorities. 38 -77 39 -76 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_oct_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_oct_10 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0700 The International Ice Chart Working Group (IICWG) concluded a successful 11th meeting the week of October 18 in Washington DC. The group discussed ice modelling and forecasting. 38 -77 39 -76 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#barnes_sep_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#barnes_sep_10 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC has published a new data set that provides measurements of mass balance, surface velocity, and surface elevation of the South Dome of Barnes Ice Cap. 69.83 -72.07 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#borehole_aug_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#borehole_aug_10 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NISDC has published a new data set that is an inventory of a network of boreholes equipped for long-term permafrost temperature observations. -78 -180 82.5 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arcticmarine_aug_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#arcticmarine_aug_10 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC has published a new data set relevant to developing year-round transportation capabilities in the Arctic Ocean: Arctic Marine Transportation Program 1979-1986. 54 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_jul_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_jul_10 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC has developed and will maintain a data inventory for the Science Ice Exercise (SCICEX) program. 40.0 -105.26 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#astronaut_photos_may_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#astronaut_photos_may_10 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:00:00 -0700 The NOAA@NSIDC team has just added 500 glacier photographs to the NSIDC Glacier Photograph Collection that were taken from space. -52 -71 -52 -58 -18 -58 -18 -71 -52 -71 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier_metadata_may_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier_metadata_may_10 Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700 Now, when you pick up your high-resolution photo orders from the FTP site, a metadata file in ASCII text format (.txt) is provided with each photograph. 40.0 -105.26 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#article_apr_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#article_apr_10 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:00:00 -0700 Defense and intelligence services data were featured in the TakePart.com article, "Global Warming: The Military's Other Enemy." 40.0 -105.26 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#web_apr_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#web_apr_10 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:00:00 -0700 NOAA@NISDC's Web site has been redesigned. 40.0 -105.26 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sci_feb_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#sci_feb_10 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:00:00 -0700 A new Web page has been developed and launched highlighting the efforts of NOAA@NSIDC on the Science Ice Exercise (SCICEX) program. 40.0 -105.26 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#tour_jan_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#tour_jan_10 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0700 In collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education, NSDIC has created and released a new Google Earth movie called A Climate Change Tour of Cold Places. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#agu_jan_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#agu_jan_10 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:00:00 -0700 NOAA at NSIDC presented several demos and a poster at the Fall 2009 AGU. 36 -122 36.5 -122.9 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cwm_jan_10 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cwm_jan_10 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:00:00 -0700 Short-term Cooling on a Warming Planet, the featured article for December 31, 2009 in NOAA’s Climate Watch Magazine, was authored by NSIDC’s Michon Scott. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#rocs_nov_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#roc_nov_09 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0700 On 16 November 2009, ROCS hosted a meeting of the managers of Campus Cultural Collections to discuss an emergency action plan for the special materials held in the NSIDC archives. 40 -105.2 40.2 -105 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#highlight_oct_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#highlight_oct_09 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0700 Every month, NSIDC features a data set or important program at NSIDC. For October, the Glacier Photograph Collection is featured. 40 -105.2 40.2 -105 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_oct_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#scicex_oct_09 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0700 Florence Fetterer, NOAA at NSIDC program manager, and Ann Windnagel, NOAA at NSIDC team member, attended the Science Ice Exercise (SCICEX) Science Advisory Committee meeting on October 5th and 6th in Washington, DC. 38 -77 39 -76 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cis_charts_oct_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#cis_charts_oct_09 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0700 NOAA at NSIDC has released the Canadian Ice Service Arctic Regional Sea Ice Charts in SIGRID-3 Format data set. 51 4 53 7 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_oct_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#iicwg_oct_09 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:39:00 -0700 The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) issued a news release that highlights the growing importance of operational ice services as Arctic ship traffic increases. 51 4 53 7 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#dutch_magazine_sep_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#dutch_magazine_sep_09 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:39:00 -0700 In August, Dutch magazine, Change, interviewed Allaina Wallace, NSIDC Analog Archivist and Glacier Photograph Collection curator. 51 4 53 7 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#stat_alpha_aug_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#stat_alpha_aug_09 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:39:00 -0700 A film documenting the activities that occurred on Drifting Station Alpha in the Arctic Ocean during the International Geophysical Year, 1957 to 1958, has been released. 80 180 87 110 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#gpc_jul_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#gpc_jul_09 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:39:00 -0700 The Glacier Photograph Collection has a new Search and Order Web interface. A complete redesign of the old interface has been implemented as well changes to the overall appearance of the Web site. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#usgs_jul_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#usgs_jul_09 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:39:00 -0700 Sea ice images are among the first of the classified, 1-meter resolution visible band images to be publicly released by the USGS Global Fuducial Library. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#landfast_leads_jun_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#landfast_leads_jun_09 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:39:00 -0700 NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of a new data set: Recurring Spring Leads and Landfast Ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 1993-2004. 68 -129 73 -164 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier_invt_jun_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier_invt_jun_09 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:39:00 -0700 Information and statistics on 157 glaciers from the Huasco Catchment in Chile have been added to the World Glacier Inventory. -28 -68 -30 -71 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#paig_apr_09 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#paig_apr_09 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:39:00 -0700 NSIDC has been awarded a $12,000 grant to arrange, describe, preserve, digitize, and make available the records of the World Data Center (WDC) for Glaciology at NSIDC. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#seaiceindex_mar http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#seaiceindex_mar Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:39:00 -0700 The redesigned Sea Ice Index Web site makes it easy to see monthly and daily sea ice conditions at a glance. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#googleocean_feb http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#googleocean_feb Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:39:00 -0700 Images from the NSIDC Glacier Photograph Collection and Sea Ice Index have been included in Google Earth 5.0. 51 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#aon http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#aon Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:09:00 -0700 The AON is a collection of more than 30 projects studying Arctic ecosystems, oceans, and ice. 37.78 -122.40 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#aidjex http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#aidjex Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:09:00 -0700 This documentary describes a pilot study conducted in 1972 in preparation for the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment's (AIDJEX) main experiment from 1975 to 1976. 72 -165 80 -125 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#agu http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#agu Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:30:08 -0700 Lisa Ballagh, NOAA at NSIDC project manager, is giving a talk at AGU titled "Mapping Glacier Data and Photographs via GeoServer and Virtual Globes." The talk is in the IN02 "Virtual Globes at AGU" session at 2:25 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, MC 3014. We welcome feedback on our NOAA-related products and Web pages. 37.78 -1822.40 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:08:00 -0700 The online NSIDC Glacier Photograph Collection has doubled in size since January 2008, with more than 10,000 high-resolution photographs of glaciers worldwide. -43.49 -153.24 81.39 -105.68 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#russia http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#russia Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:08:00 -0700 NOAA Liaison Florence Fetterer and WDC for Glaciology, Boulder, Director Roger Barry took part in the U.S.-Russia environmental data exchange workshop under the NOAA-Rosydromet MoU, held at the All Russian Institute for Hydrometeorological Information (RIHMI) in Obninsk, Russia. <p><a href="http://nsidc.org/noaa/images/WGVIII_St_Basils.jpg" title="WGVIII trip"><img src="http://nsidc.org/noaa/images/WGVIII_St_Basils.jpg" width="344" height="392" alt="nordic seas" style="border: 2px solid #ddd;" /></a></p> Alex Sterin at left, with Florence Fetterer, Steve Worley, and Karsten Shein in Red Square. 55.11 36.61 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#google http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#google Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:10:00 -0700 Lisa Ballagh, from NSIDC, and John Bailey, from the Alaska Supercomputing Facility, co-led the Climate Change working group session at the Summary of the Scientific Applications with Google Earth Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct 22-23. 42.28 -83.72 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier_sep_08 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#glacier_sep_08 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:08:00 -0700 Bruce Raup and Roger Barry of NSIDC attended a Workshop on the World Glacier Inventory, organized by the International Glaciological Society in Lanzhou, China, Sep 21-24. 73 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/g02159.html#melt http://nsidc.org/data/g02159.html#melt Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:08:01 -0700 The <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/g02159.html">Arctic Sea Ice Melt Pond Statistics and Maps, 1999, 2000, and 2001</a> data set is now available. This data set consists of tables of pond coverage and size statistics for 500 m square cells within 10 km square images along with the surface type maps from which the pond statistics were derived. One-meter surface type maps with either two (water and ice) or three (pond, open water, and ice) classes were created using supervised maximum likelihood classification of high-resolution visible band imagery. 70 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#climate http://nsidc.org/noaa/news.html#climate Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:08:00 -0700 This report from the American Meteorological Society is now available. Chapter 5, The Poles, summarizes the the 2007 climate of Antarctica and the Arctic relative to years past. This report is translated into other languages and distributed to all 187 World Meteorological Organization member nations. The State of the Climate Report seeks to report on as many of the essential climate variables as possible as identified by GCOS Second Adequacy Report. 73 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/g02182.html#iceedge http://nsidc.org/data/g02182.html#iceedge Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:08:01 -0700 The <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/g02182.html"> Sea Ice Edge Location and Extent in the Russian Arctic, 1933-2006</a> data set is now available. The data are derived from sea ice charts from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russia. The data set consists of edge locations and monthly and seasonal mean sea ice extents for each of the marginal seas in the Russian Arctic. 65 -180 90 180 http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/#wgms http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/#wgms Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:10:01 -0700 Michael Zemp, from the World Glacier Monitoring Service in Zurich, Switzerland, is visiting NSIDC for two months. Michael will help us improve the quality of the records in the <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/g01130.html">World Glacier Inventory</a>. 40.012856 -105.253752 http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/#jun08 http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/#jun08 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:13:01 -0700 Daily plots of sea ice extent are now available from the <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/">Sea Ice Index</a> Web site. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html#apr08 http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html#apr08 Over 79 glacier photos from Peru taken in the 1950s by Fred D. Ayres have been added to the Glacier Photograph Collection in addition to National Park Service <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo/glacier_reports.html">glacier survey reports</a> from 1932-1952 and photographs taken during the <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo/dahli_igy_photos.html">International Geophysical Year</a>. -15 -149 69 -69 http://nsidc.org/data/g02174.html http://nsidc.org/data/g02174.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:13:01 -0700 This data set expands the NOAA Global Historical Climate Network (GHCN) of quality controlled meteorological records. Records are from 298 stations in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Data were subjected to rigorous quality control and homogeneity assessment procedures, consistent with those used for the GHCN. 35 55 50 85 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/graphs/teach_sea_ice_extent.html http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/graphs/teach_sea_ice_extent.html Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:50:01 -0700 The <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/">Sea Ice Index</a> is the basis of a new module in <a href="http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/graphs/teach_sea_ice_extent.html">Windows to the Universe</a>. 70 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/noaa/archives.html http://nsidc.org/noaa/archives.html Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:42:01 -0700 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Analog Archives collection a Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/g01130.html#dec07 http://nsidc.org/data/g01130.html#dec07 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:30:01 -0700 The World Glacier Inventory has been updated with over 34,000 new glaciers. For more information, please see the <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g01130_glacier_inventory/#5.">"Quality Assessment and History of Updates"</a> section of the data set documentation for further details about this update. To access the new data from this update, proceed to <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_inventory/query.html">this</a> Web page and select "CAREERI, Lanzhou, China. Che/Wu" from the Data Contributor pull-down menu. 37.23 74.38 49.07 103.01 http://nsidc.org/data/g02176.html http://nsidc.org/data/g02176.html Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:30:01 -0700 The Sea Ice Charts of the Russian Arctic in Gridded Format, 1933-2006, were published. These data, from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia, are an important new data source for those studying the role of sea ice in climate change. 65 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/#oct07 http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/#oct07 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:02:01 -0700 Sea Ice Index graphics and numbers figured prominently in coverage of this year's record sea ice extent minimum. The Index Web site had more than 135,000 hits from more than 9,000 distinct users in the month of September alone. 70 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/aidjex/ http://nsidc.org/data/aidjex/ Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:05:01 -0700 AIDJEX was a pioneering experiment that in the mid 1970s provided answers to emerging questions about how sea ice moves and changes in response to the influence of ocean and atmosphere. See the new AIDJEX page for links to a photo gallery, related material, and to a new retrospective on the experiment by Norbert Untersteiner, AIDJEX Project Director, 1971-1977. 70 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/#sept07 http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/#sept07 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:05:01 -0700 The <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/">Sea Ice Index</a> pages have been redesigned so that graphs and images are easier to find. Thumbnails now take users to the Web Image Spreadsheet Tool (WIST), where one can quickly compare images from different time periods. GIS compatible files (<a href="ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/shapefiles/">shapefiles</a>) of monthly ice coverage are now available as well. -90 -180 90 180 http://sos.noaa.gov http://sos.noaa.gov Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:05:01 -0700 Sea ice animations now available in the data set catalog of <a href="http://sos.noaa.gov">NOAA's Science On a Sphere</a>. Animations of sea ice concentration show the annual cycle and give some idea of its variability, while a series of September monthly means from 1987 on highlights the change in the annual Arctic minimum sea ice extent through time. -90 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html#sept07morephotos http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html#sept07morephotos Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:05:01 -0700 Today's update to the online collection includes 50 photographs taken between 1890 and 1996. Represented in this batch are Colorado glacier photographs taken by Junius Henderson, Oscar A. Randolph, Rudolph Johnson, and Russell Allen. The glaciers are Andrews, Arapaho, Fair, Isabel, Mills, Saint Vrain and Taylor. Other photos include a series of Franz Josef Glacier (1951 - 1964) and Harry Fielding Reid images of John Muir's cabin taken in 1890. -43.4903 -105.6833 40.2889 170.2217 http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:05:01 -0700 National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format (http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html) can now be easily browsed. Using a using a Web Image Spreadsheet Tool (WIST), one can quickly compare (visually) different time periods and products. Click on Browse Images at the top of the product site to see how it works. Use the drop down menus to change the number of rows and columns, and the chart products and time period being displayed. 70 -180 90 180 http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html#sept07photos http://nsidc.org/data/g00472.html#sept07photos Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:05:01 -0700 More than 1,200 photographs of Greenland glaciers have been digitized from slides and are available online for viewing and downloading. The photographs of western Greenland glaciers were taken between 1969 and 1980, from ground observation stations and from U.S. Coast Guard helicopters at an altitude between 100 and 1,000 feet. For further details about this data set please see the data <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g00472_glacier_photos/index.html">documentation</a>. To access the new data from this update, proceed to <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo/photo_query.html">this</a> Web page and select "Country" from the available search options. On the next screen choose "Greenland (DK)" from the Country pull-down menu. -72 69 -50 81 http://nsidc.org/data/g01130.html#aug07 http://nsidc.org/data/g01130.html#aug07 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:05:01 -0700 The World Glacier Inventory has recently been updated. Over 1,600 glaciers from the former Soviet Union were added and errors with 368 glacier IDs were identified and corrected. For more information, please see the <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g01130_glacier_inventory/#5.">Quality Assessment and History of Updates</a> section of our documentation for further details about these updates. To access the new data from this update, proceed to <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_inventory/query.html">this</a> Web page and select "Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science. Chernova" from the Data Contributor pull-down menu. 38.5 70 107 75 http://earth.google.com/outreach/env_science.html http://earth.google.com/outreach/env_science.html Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:05:01 -0700 One of our latest KML files is included in the Google Earth Outreach Environment and Science Showcase. It includes a Sea Ice Index animation, glacier photograph pairs, and an Antarctic ice shelf break-up animation. -90 -180 90 180 http://www.sla.org http://www.sla.org Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:32 -0700 The Special Libraries Association conference in Denver had a session on "Resources for the International Polar Year" at which Ruth Duerr spoke on Discovery and Access of Historic Literature from the IPYs (DAHLI). Duerr and NSIDC archivist and librarian Allaina Howard lead the project, which is partially supported by the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program. Howard presented a paper on Tracking Climate Change in the 21st Century: Supporting Research with Historic Photographs and Google Earth. Former Vice President Al Gore opened the conference, highlighting importance of special libraries. 39.44 -105.01 http://www.isde5.org http://www.isde5.org/program.htm Thu, 24 May 2007 15:48:32 -0700 The NOAA at NSIDC project manager Lisa Ballagh presented a paper on the new NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS feed at The Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth. 37.52 -122.16 http://nsidc.org/data/g02169.html http://nsidc.org/data/g02169.html/ Thu, 24 May 2007 09:35:32 -0700 <p><a href="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g02169_nordic_sea_ice/images/figure4.jpg" title="Nordic Seas"><img src="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g02169_nordic_sea_ice/images/figure4.jpg" width="192" height="128" alt="nordic seas" style="border: 2px solid #ddd;" /></a></p> The data set title is March through August Ice Edge Positions in the Nordic Seas, 1750-2002. The data are distributed via FTP in ASCII, JPEG and shapefile format. 81.40 -36.20 57.70 -36.20 57.70 64.20 81.40 64.20 http://nsidc.org/data/g02175.html http://nsidc.org/data/g02175.html/ Thu, 24 May 2007 07:02:32 -0700 Featuring recently-discovered historical footage of CU student alpine hikes in the Front Range mountains, this silent color film provides a unique glimpse into the mountaineering lifestyle and familiar landscapes of the past. Watch students in the Mountain Recreation Department from 1938 to 1942 hike, climb, and camp in the Indian Peaks and nearby Rocky Mountain National Park. To order the ten dollar DVD, please contact NSIDC User Services (nsidc@nsidc.org). 40.02 -105.65 http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/ Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:02:32 -0700 <p><a href="http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/NSIDC_Sep1979-2006.mov" title="Sea Ice Index on Google Earth"><img src="http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/images/seaice_tmb.jpg" width="280" height="280" alt="sea ice" style="border: 2px solid #ddd;" /></a></p> The sea ice animation shows images from the Sea Ice Index in Google Earth. 70.16 -139.31 http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html/ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:35:32 -0700 <p><a href="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g02172_nic_charts_climo_grid/images/gif_single.gif" title="NIC climatologies"><img src="http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g02172_nic_charts_climo_grid/images/gif_single.gif" width="200" height="151" alt="sea ice" style="border: 2px solid #ddd;" /></a></p> The National Ice Center Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format cover 1972-2004 with weekly or biweekly charts and climatologies in 25 km EASE-Grid. Documentation on NIC charting procedures is included. 85.40 -66.20 70.70 -66.20 70.70 84.20 85.40 84.20