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.
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NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) was launched September 15, 2018, to measure surface heights of ice sheets, glaciers, ice shelves, sea ice, and even forests. The information it provides will enable scientists to monitor
NSIDC researcher Kevin Schaefer leads the Remotely Sensed Active Layer Thickness (ReSALT) project to develop a way to monitor the active layer in permafrost remotely, using a combination of satellite, aircraft, and ground-based data, as part of the NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE).
Before the satellite era, remote polar environments made ground- or ship-based research difficult, and sea ice was one of the least understood aspects of Earth’s climate system. Now, sea ice data is literally at our fingertips. The journey to such convenience was not easy.
The NSIDC DAAC turns 25. The DAAC at NSIDC provides data and information on snow, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, ice shelves, frozen ground, soil moisture, and climate interactions, in support of research in global change detection, model validation, and water resource management.
NASA joined with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deliver data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) spacecraft. Launched in 2011, NPP carries the replacement for MODIS: the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
NSIDC developed the IceBridge Data Portal for users to see the flight lines and their collected data sets in 2011. Recent updates have improved the portal.