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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 »
Data Announcements: ICESat 
New data set release: Multiple ICESat-2 data sets are now available at the NSIDC DAAC
Multiple Level-1B, Level-2, and Level-3A data sets from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »
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.
NASA ICESat/GLAS GLAH01 Reprocessed Data
Reprocessed NASA ICESat/GLAS GLAH01 HDF5 data are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). GLAH01 reprocessing was conducted to correct… Read more »
New NASA ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 HDF5 Data
ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 HDF5 data are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) for products GLA05, GLA06, and GLA12-15. See… Read more »
New NASA ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 L2E and L2F Binary Data
ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 binary format data for Laser 2E and 2F campaigns are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)… Read more »
New NASA ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 L3H, L3I, L3J, L3K, and L2D Binary Data
ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 binary format data for Laser 3H, 3I, 3J, 3K, and 2D campaigns are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
New ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 L3E, L3F, and L3G Binary Data
NASA ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 binary format data for Laser 3E, 3F, and 3G campaigns are now available for products GLA05, GLA06, and GLA12-15. See the ICESat/GLAS Data Releases page for… Read more »
New ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 L3B, L3C, and L3D Binary Data
NASA ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 binary format data for Laser 3B, 3C, and 3D campaigns are now available for products GLA05, GLA06, and GLA12-15. See the ICESat/GLAS Data Releases page for… Read more »
New ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 L2C and L3A Binary Data
NASA ICESat/GLAS Altimetry Release-34 binary format data for Laser 2C and 3A campaigns are now available for products GLA05, GLA06, and GLA12-15. See the ICESat/GLAS Data Releases page for more… Read more »
