NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)

Enabling researchers and data users to better understand how changes in the cryosphere impact our planet.

Open access NASA data for your research and studies

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)  distributes cryosphere and related geophysical data from NASA Earth-observing satellite missions, airborne campaigns, and field observations. These data can be used to study topics relating to snow cover, sea ice, ice sheets, ice shelves, glaciers, frozen ground, soil moisture, climate interactions, and more.


 

Featured data & resources

Aerial landscape image of patterned ground on Taymyr Peninsula, Russia
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Snapshot of AMSR2 Arctic SST & snow depth
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ICESat-2 illustration from NASA
Skating into an ice cave. Byron Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Alaska