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The Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), is pleased… Read more »
Data Announcements: MEaSUREs 
New InSAR Ice Velocity Data for Antarctica
The MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
New Greenland Surface Melt Data from NASA MEaSUREs
The MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This… Read more »
New MEaSUREs Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Data Set
The MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Cover Extent Daily 25 km EASE-Grid 2.0 data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
NASA MEaSUREs Greenland Glacier Site Velocity Maps Updated
The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has added new data for 2012 to the MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity… Read more »
NASA MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status Extended Through 2012
The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has released Version 3 of the MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status data set…. Read more »
Daily Arctic Sea Ice Characteristics Available for 1979-2012
NSIDC has a new Arctic sea ice data set from NASA’s Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program: MEaSUREs Arctic Sea Ice Characterization 25 km EASE-Grid 2.0…. Read more »
NSIDC Web Site and FTP Server Down for System Maintenance
From 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 04 until noon Friday, June 06 (USA Mountain Time), our Web site and FTP server will be unavailable due to system maintenance. We apologize for… Read more »
Antarctica Ice Velocity Updated with 450 m Map
Investigators Eric Rignot, Jeremie Mouginot, and Bernd Scheuchl have added a 450 m resolution map to their “MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map” data set. NSIDC offers these data as… Read more »
NSIDC Expands MEaSUREs Inventory
NSIDC is receiving new data from MEaSUREs, NASA’s Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments Program. These offerings will expand NSIDC’s current MEaSUREs roster with new data sets related… Read more »
