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Data Announcements: Nimbus 
Nimbus Data Rescue Project Releases Six New Data Sets
The Nimbus Data Rescue Project has released six new data sets, now available for download at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »
Nimbus Data Rescue Project Updates Remapped IDCS Data Sets
The Nimbus Data Rescue Project at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NASA DAAC) has updated its remapped Image Dissector Camera System data sets… Read more »
Nimbus Data Rescue Project Updates IDCS Visible Imagery Data Set
The Nimbus Data Rescue Project, at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NASA DAAC), is pleased to announce that it has updated the Nimbus… 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 »
Nimbus Images Reveal 1960s Sea Ice Edges
Using satellite data from the Nimbus Data Rescue Project, NSIDC scientists have estimated the location of the North and South Pole sea ice edges at various times during the late… Read more »
Corrected Nimbus Data Available for Download
New browse images are now available for download for the North and South Polar projections of the Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Remapped Digital Data Daily L3, HDF5 (NmHRIR3H) data… Read more »
Composites Offer Earliest Digital Infrared View of Earth
Data users can now download global composites of the earliest known satellite-based digital infrared observations of Earth. Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Remapped Digital Data Daily L3, HDF5, constructed by… Read more »
Composites Pull Together Best Recovered Nimbus Images
Thanks to the the NASA-funded Nimbus Data Rescue Project, users can now download daily composites of the best images recovered from the Nimbus 1, 2, and 3 missions that spanned 1964 –… Read more »
Nimbus Project Releases 1960s Infrared Radiometer Data
The Nimbus Data Rescue Project has released its third data set: Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Digital Swath Data Level 1. Funded by NASA, NSIDC researchers enhanced these brightness temperatures… Read more »
