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Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
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The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC),… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set update: MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status
The MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 4 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated… Read more »
New data set release: IceBridge Watson-Gyro Fluxgate Magnetometer L1B Time-Tagged Magnetic Field
The IceBridge Watson-Gyro Fluxgate Magnetometer L1B Time-Tagged Magnetic Field, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
New data set updates: NASA Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) data sets
The ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid, Version 1; ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 50m UTM Grid, Version 1; and ASO L4 Lidar Snow Water Equivalent 50m UTM Grid,… Read more »
New data set release: High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Daily Precipitation for Extreme Analysis
The High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Daily Precipitation for Extreme Analysis, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active… Read more »
Sea Ice Index has been Updated to Final Data for 2018
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Sea Ice Index has been updated from near-real-time data to final data for the time period 01 January 2018 through 31 December 2018…. Read more »
New Version Available: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
The DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
Updates to SNODAS Header files and File Directory Structure
The Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS), Version 1 data set, accessible through the NOAA program at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NOAA@NSIDC), was updated to correct for an extra “./“… Read more »
Update: SMAP in Safe Mode
On the evening of 19 June 2019, SMAP went into safe mode and data collection was disrupted. SMAP is currently in standby mode. The task team is in communication with… Read more »
Early data set release: ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities
The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) are pleased to announce the ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Beta Version… Read more »
