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July 1, 2022

NSIDC DAAC Joins NASA’s EOSDIS Earthdata Forum

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is pleased to announce its participation in NASA’s Earthdata Forum. Earthdata Forum provides a central online location… Read more »

April 21, 2022

Data set update: AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm, Version 4

The latest version of AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm, Version 4 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »

November 23, 2021

Data set update: AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm, Version 4

The AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm, Version 4 data set accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)… Read more »

May 6, 2021

New version available: AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids, Version 3

The AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids, Version 3 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »

October 24, 2019

New Version Release: AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures

The AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures, Version 4 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »

December 20, 2018

New data set release: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 12.5 km Brightness Temperatures, Sea Ice Concentration, Motion & Snow Depth Polar Grids, Version 1

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 12.5 km Brightness Temperatures, Sea Ice Concentration, Motion & Snow Depth Polar Grids, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow… Read more »

October 2, 2018

New data set release: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 25 km Brightness Temperatures & Sea Ice Concentration Polar Grids, Version 1

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 25 km Brightness Temperatures & Sea Ice Concentration Polar Grids, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data… Read more »

August 17, 2017

NSIDC Data Viewer Tool being Decommissioned

On 1 September 2017, the NSIDC Data Viewer tool will be decommissioned; thus, permanently unavailable for any future use. There are no plans to replace it at this time.

February 6, 2017

AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture, Version 1 Released

The Science Investigator-led Processing System (SIPS) has released the AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture data set. This data set provides a long-term data record (23… Read more »

February 2, 2017

NSIDC Polaris Search and Order being Retired 15 February 2017

THE NSIDC Polaris Search and Order tool will be retired on 15 February 2017. Please contact NSIDC User Services via email: nsidc@nsidc.org with questions.

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