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Overview

Data Access & Tools

A free NASA Earthdata Login account is required to access these data. Learn More

HTTPS File System

Get Data
Quickly download a few files using a web browser, or access data through a command-line utility such as WGET.
Related Help Resources
Programmatic Data Access Guide
Type:
service
Last updated:
View Metadata

Data Access Tool

Search & Discover
Get Data
Filter files before downloading based on date, spatial area, or file name. Choose from various download options, such as Python script. Export bounding boxes as a GeoJSON.
Related Help Resources
How to filter and order from a data set web page
Type: Web Application
Last updated:
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Operation IceBridge Data Portal

Visualize
Get Data
Search & Discover
Search, visualize, and download data from NSIDC's long-term IceBridge archive. The portal provides flight lines, map-based granule extents, browse images (where available), Northern and Southern Hemisphere polar views, spatial and temporal filters, and keyword search options.
Related Help Resources
Updates to NSIDC Operation IceBridge Data Portal
Type: Web Application
Last updated:
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NASA Earthdata Search

Visualize
Search & Discover
Get Data
Search and order data from all NASA DAACs using spatial and temporal filters in a map interface. Reformatting, reprojecting, and subsetting options are available for some data sets.
Related Help Resources
How to search, order, and customize data with NASA Earthdata Search
Type: Web Application

earthaccess

Get Data
Search & Discover
earthaccess is a python library to search and access NASA Earth science data with just a few lines of code.
Supported software languages:
Python
Related Help Resources
GitHub Repository
Type: Downloadable Software
Last updated:
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Bulk Programmatic Data Access Service

Get Data
Programmatically request selected data products through NSIDC's API. Bulk download using spatial and temporal filters, or incorporate data access commands into code/scripts as needed.
Related Help Resources
Programmatic Data Access Guide
Type:
service
Last updated:
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Documentation

Help Articles

How to Articles

Filter and order from a data set web page using the Data Access Tool
Many NSIDC DAAC data sets can be accessed using the NSIDC DAAC's Data Access Tool. This tool provides the ability to search and filter data with spatial and temporal constraints using a map-based interface.Users have the option to
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Programmatic Data Access Guide
All data from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is directly accessible through our HTTPS file system using Wget or curl. This article provides basic command line instructions for accessing data using this method.
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