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The Daily Great Lakes Ice Concentration, 1973 Onward, Version 1 data set has been updated. There were some missing daily ASCII files for the years 2007 to 2009 and 2011… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set update: MODIS Collection 6.1 Snow Cover and Sea Ice data sets
The MODIS Collection 6.1 Snow Cover and Sea Ice data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), were released in… Read more »
Data set update: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
The DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 6 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been… Read more »
New data set release: SnowEx17 Time-Lapse Imagery, Version 1
The SnowEx17 Time-Lapse Imagery, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains time-lapse… Read more »
Data set update: Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS
The Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 3 data set, available through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
Data set update: Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data
The Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data, Version 1 data set, accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
User notice: High Mountain Asia UCLA Daily Snow Reanalysis, Version 1 at NSIDC DAAC
The snowmelt and sublimation files have been temporarily removed from the High Mountain Asia UCLA Daily Snow Reanalysis, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data… Read more »
Data set update: MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics from Sentinel-1A and -1B, Version 4
The MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics from Sentinel-1A and -1B, Version 4 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has been updated… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles
The IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been… Read more »
New data set releases: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Gridded Antarctic and Arctic Land Ice Height and Land Ice Height Change
The ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Gridded Antarctic and Arctic Land Ice Height, Version 1 (ATL14) and ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Gridded Antarctic and Arctic Land Ice Height Change, Version 1 (ATL15) data sets from… Read more »
