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NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 3 data set has been updated to include the time period of… Read more »
Data Announcements
Sea Ice Index has been Updated to Final Data through 2019
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 2019 through 31 December 2019…. Read more »
Daily Great Lakes Ice Concentration Data Set has been Updated for the 2020 Ice Season
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Daily Great Lakes Ice Concentration, 1973 Onward, Version 1 data set has been updated with the 2020 ice season data. This data set… Read more »
Data set update: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard
The ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard, Version 3 (ATL10) data set from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center… Read more »
User Notice: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures at NSIDC DAAC
Beginning in 2021, the MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 (NSIDC-0630) data set, available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active… 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: Upcoming changes to SMAP Science Products
The SMAP Level-1, -2, -3, and -4 data sets from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) will be updated in summer 2020… Read more »
Level of service update: LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product
The LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
Level of service update: LVIS Facility L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms
The LVIS Facility L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been… Read more »
Level of service update: LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product
The LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
