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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 »

December 15, 2021

New data set release: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products, Version 1

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »

June 9, 2021

Data set updates: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily/5-Day/Monthly 25km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily/5-Day/Monthly 25km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1 data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »

June 8, 2020

Data set updates: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified brightness temperatures and sea ice polar gridded data

Three AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified brightness temperature and sea ice polar gridded data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), have been updated… Read more »

May 9, 2019

New data set releases: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified Global 25-km EASE-grid Snow Water Equivalent data

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified Global 25-km EASE-grid Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1 data sets (daily; 5-day; monthly) are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active… Read more »

March 21, 2019

Data set update: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 25 km Brightness Temperatures & Sea Ice Concentration Polar Grid Version 1

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

March 21, 2019

Data set update: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 6.25 km Polar Gridded 89 GHz Brightness Temperatures

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 6.25 km Polar Gridded 89 GHz Brightness Temperatures, Version 1 data set available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… 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 »

July 31, 2018

New data set release: AMSR2 daily 6.25 km polar gridded brightness temperature data

The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 6.25 km Polar Gridded 89 GHz Brightness Temperatures, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »

June 14, 2018

AMSR2 Unified L2B Surface Soil Moisture Reprocessing Now Complete

Reprocessing of the AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »

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