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Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? 
The Landsat 8 Ice Speed of Antarctica (LISA), Version 1 data set, is now available at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. This data set, as part of the Global Land… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set update: MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR
The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)… Read more »
New data set release: SnowEx17 CRREL Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) Point Cloud
The SnowEx17 CRREL Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) Point Cloud, 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 release: Arctic Sea Ice Seasonal Change and Melt/Freeze Climate Indicators from Satellite Data
The Arctic Sea Ice Seasonal Change and Melt/Freeze Climate Indicators from Satellite Data, Version 1 data set is now available at the National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
Data set update: Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS
The Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 3 data set, available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has been extended through… Read more »
Level of service update: High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Extreme Precipitation Indices
The High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Extreme Precipitation Indices, Version 1 data set has been updated from a basic to a standard level of service at the NASA National… Read more »
Level of service update: High Mountain Asia TRMM-derived 3B42 Extreme Precipitation Indices
The High Mountain Asia TRMM-derived 3B42 Extreme Precipitation Indices, Version 1 data set has been updated from a basic to a standard level of service at the NASA National Snow and Ice… Read more »
Application data update: Newest NSIDC DAAC SMAP data set versions available in AppEEARS
The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) now includes the newest versions of select Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data sets from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles
The IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set has been updated to include campaign data through 30 May 2018 at the NASA National Snow… Read more »
SCICEX 2011 and 2014 Sea Ice Draft Data have been Corrected and Re-released
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that a team at the University of Washington, Applied Physics Lab, led by Axel Schweiger, has corrected and reprocessed the sea ice draft data for… Read more »
