Data Announcements

Photographs of glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica have been added to the Glacier Photo Collection. While the valleys themselves are notably ice-free, a number of glaciers terminate in the valleys, some acting as outlets to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Studies show that the majority of the glaciers in this area are receding. Glaciers were photographed in the course of geologic studies and help document the conditions of the glaciers and how they may have changed.

NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of the SAGE tool. SAGE adds analysis capabilities and a unique interface for specific Greenland data sets.

A new data set called Soil Temperature Station Data from Permafrost Regions of Russia (Selection of Five Stations), 1880s - 2000 has been published along with an educational classroom activity for K-12 students and teachers.

A new data set called Soil Temperature Station Data from Permafrost Regions of Russia (Selection of Five Stations), 1880s - 2000 has been published along with an educational classroom activity for K-12 students and teachers. This data set includes soil temperature data from boreholes and air temperature data located at five stations in Russia. This data set has also been incorporated into an educational classroom activity, How Permanent is Permafrost?, that helps to explore the relationship between surface air temperature and permafrost (soil) temperature.

NOAA@NSIDC project manager, Ann Windnagel, attended the SCICEX Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting that took place January 26 - 28, 2011 in Washington D.C.

The NASA IceBridge Mission Flight Reports data set is now available from NSIDC. See the IceBridge Mission Flight Reports Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/ifltrpt for more information.

Brightness Temperatures from the F17 satellite are now available for the DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures data set, and span the period 14 December 2006 through 19 August 2010.

NASA IceBridge DMS Level-1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images and DMS Level-0 Raw Imagery for 2010 Antarctica are now available from NSIDC. See the IceBridge DMS Level-1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/iodms1b , and the IceBridge DMS Level-0 Raw Imagery Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/iodms0 for more information.

On 26 January 2011, the AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures were updated to V11 (Validated 11 - Stage 3).

The NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC) has released the data set, Climate, Drift, and Image Data from Antarctic Icebergs A22A and UK211, 2006-2007.

NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles data for 2010 Antarctica are now available from NSIDC. See the NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/irmcr1b for more information.

A new version of the NASA IceBridge POS/AV L1B Corrected Position and Attitude Data is now available from NSIDC, replacing the previous version, and including all data for the 2009 and 2010 Antarctica and Greenland campaigns. See the NASA IceBridge POS/AV L1B Corrected Position and Attitude Data Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/ipapp1b for more information.

NASA IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges data for 2009 Antarctica and 2010 Greenland are now available from NSIDC. See the NASA IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/ilvis0 for more information.

Preliminary NASA IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms data for Antarctica and Greenland 2009 are now available from NSIDC. The current data set contains one file for 2009 Greenland and one file for 2009 Antarctica. Remaining campaign files will be made available soon. See the NASA LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/ilvis1b for more information.

NASA IceBridge ATM Icessn and ATM Qfit data for Greenland 2010 are now available from NSIDC. Previously provided data were for the IceBridge CryoSat-2 underflight on 20 April 2010 only. The data sets are now complete, however, data for 24 March, 20 April, and 12 May 2010 currently are not available due to issues with aircraft attitude (pitch, roll, and heading) measured by several INS units onboard the aircraft.

NSIDC and the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) are pleased to announce a new daily sea ice analysis product: The Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH).

Documents and presentations from the 11th meeting of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) are now available. NOAA@NSIDC hosts the IICWG Web site in order to strengthen ties between operations and research.

NASA IceBridge CAMBOT L1B Geolocated Images for Greenland 2010 are now available from NSIDC. See the NASA IceBridge CAMBOT L1B Geolocated Images Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/iocam1b for more information.

Documents and presentations from the 11th meeting of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) are available from the IICWG Meetings Web page.

NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images data for Greenland 2010 are now available from NSIDC. See the NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images Web page at https://nsidc.org/data/iodms1b for more information.