Archiving Data with NSIDC

The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) image of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 2003 to 2006 — This image from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) depicts changes in ice sheet elevation from 2003 to 2006. Combined with information from other technologies, scientists are producing a comprehensive look at the behavior of Earth’s ice sheets—critical for quantifying forecasts of sea level rise. White regions indicate a slight thickening, while the blue shades indicate a thinning of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Gray indicates areas where no change in elevation was measured. — Credit: NASA

NSIDC has been managing data programs for NASA, NOAA and NSF for over fifty years, with a focus on preserving and providing access to cryospheric data and related geophysical data.

Current programs include the NASA NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at NSIDC (NOAA@NSIDC), and the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA).

For each program, NSIDC provides a unique combination of data stewardship, data archiving services, domain expertise, and user support. NSIDC is also known for leading development and community collaboration of data visualization, discovery and access tools.

At this time, only the NSIDC DAAC is accepting submissions for assigned data products from NASA missions and projects.

NASA NSIDC DAAC Data Producers

If you are not an established data producer for one of our programs and you're interested in talking with NSIDC about managing your data program or archiving your data:

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