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Due to a problem with the Antenna Scan Angle file used to process the half-orbit 08619_D, the SMAP Science Data System (SDS) has removed the following files: SMAP_L1A_RADIOMETER_08619_D_20160911T214948_R13080_001.h5 SMAP_L1B_TB_08619_D_20160911T214948_R13080_001.h5 SMAP_L1C_TB_08619_D_20160911T214948_R13080_001.h5… Read more »
Data Announcements
NSIDC DAAC Updates Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Data Set
The Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has… Read more »
NSIDC DAAC Updates Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Data Set
The Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge Level-1B Snow Radar Data
The NASA IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles Version 2 data set now includes data for 2009 to 2012 Antarctica. Version 1 2009 to 2011 Antarctica data,… Read more »
New NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images
NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images for 2016 Arctic are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This… Read more »
MEaSUREs Releases Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic
The Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set,… Read more »
Google Earth Animation Updated with March 2016 Maximum Arctic Sea Ice Extent
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Google Earth animation for the maximum annual Arctic sea ice extent has been updated. The March 2016 maximum has been added to the… Read more »
NSIDC DAAC Updates Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent
The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has updated the Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent data set… Read more »
National Park Photos added to the Glacier Photograph Collection
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the addition of 1,173 photographs to the Glacier Photograph Collection. This addition is a special collection that contains photographs of glaciers in and around the… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Data
The NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set now includes data for the 2015 Arctic campaign. This data set contains radar echograms taken from… Read more »
