LVIS: NASA Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor Facility

The answer is yes! There are several ways to programmatically access NSIDC data products and metadata using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). We also provide the ability to access data using an FTP client.

Many NSIDC DAAC data sets can be accessed using 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:

This article explains how to find LVIS science products in NASA's Earthdata Search using filenames from the exploratory tools and KMZ files available on the NASA LVIS campaigns webpage.