Visualize NSIDC data as WMS layers with ArcGIS and Google Earth

NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) provides up to date, full resolution imagery for selected NSIDC DAAC data sets. Adding GIBS layers via OGC methods, such as Web Map Service (WMS), Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) and Tiled Web Map Service (TWMS) provides an easy way to visualize the entire time series of these data in commerical tools like ArcGIS and Google Earth.

 

AMSR-E GIBS data

Data setData set parameterGIBS parameter

AE_L2A

89.0H_Res.5B_TB_(not-resampled)Brightness Temperature (89H GHz B Scan, Day)
89.0H_Res.5B_TB_(not-resampled)Brightness Temperature (89H GHz B Scan, Night)
89.0V_Res.5B_TB_(not-resampled)Brightness Temperature (89V GHz B Scan, Day)
89.0V_Res.5B_TB_(not-resampled)Brightness Temperature (89V GHz B Scan, Night)

AE_SI6

SI_06km_NH_89H_DAY, SI_06km_SH_89H_DAYSea Ice Brightness Temperature (89H GHz B Scan)
SI_06km_NH_89V_DAY, SI_06km_SH_89V_DAYSea Ice Brightness Temperature (89V GHz B Scan)

AE_SI12

SI_12km_NH_ICECON_DAY, SI_12km_SH_ICECON_DAYSea Ice Concentration, 12km
SI_12km_NH_SNOWDEPTH_5DAY, SI_12km_SH_SNOWDEPTH_5DAYSnow Depth Over Ice, 12km
AE_SI25SI_25km_NH_ICECON_DAY, SI_25km_SH_ICECON_DAYSea Ice Concentration, 25km

AE_Rain

surfaceRainSurface Rain Rate (Day)
surfaceRainSurface Rain Rate (Night)
surfacePrecipitationSurface Precipitation Rate (Day)
surfacePrecipitationSurface Precipitation Rate (Night)

Aquarius GIBS data

Data set

Data set parameter

GIBS parameter

AQ3_DYSM

I3m_data

Soil Moisture (Daily, Radiometer

AQ3_WKSM

I3m_data

Soil Moisture (Weekly, Radiometer

MEaSUREs GIBS data

Data setData set parameterGIBS parameter
nsidc-0477FT_statusFreeze/Thaw (Daily Landscape)
nsidc-0478 Ice Velocity (Greenland)
nsidc-0484 Ice Velocity (Antarctica)
nsidc-0534 Sea Ice and Snow Extent

MODIS GIBS data

Data setsData set parameterGIBS parameter
MOD10_L2 & MYD10_L2NDSI_Snow_CoverSnow Cover (Normalized Difference Snow
Index)
MOD10A1 & MYD10A1NDSI_Snow_Cover

Snow Cover (Normalized Difference Snow Index, L3, Daily)

MOD10A2 & MYD10A2Maximum_Snow_ExtentSnow Extent (L3, 8-Day)
MOD10CM & MYD10CMSnow_Cover_Monthly_CMG

Days with Snow Cover (L3, Monthly, Average Percent)

MOD29 & MYD29Sea_Ice_by_Reflectance
Ice_Surface_Temperature
Sea Ice, Ice Surface Temperature (Day),
and Ice Surface Temperature (Night)
MOD29P1N & MYD29P1NIce_Surface_TemperatureIce Surface Temperature (L3, Daily, Night)

 

SMAP GIBS data

Data setData set parameterGIBS parameter

SPL1CTB_E

cell_tb_h_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km (L1, Passive, Fore, H Polarization)

cell_tb_h_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km (L1, Passive, Aft, H Polarization)

cell_tb_v_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km (L1, Passive, Fore, V Polarization)

cell_tb_v_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km (L1, Passive, Aft, V Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_h_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km RFI (L1, Passive, Fore, H Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_h_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km RFI (L1, Passive, Aft, H Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_v_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km RFI (L1, Passive, Fore, V Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_v_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km RFI (L1, Passive, Aft, V Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_h_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km QA (L1, Passive, Fore, H Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_h_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km QA (L1, Passive, Aft, H Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_v_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km QA (L1, Passive, Fore, V Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_v_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 9 km QA (L1, Passive, Aft, V Polarization)

SPL1CTB

cell_tb_h_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 36 km (L1, Passive, Fore, H Polarization)

cell_tb_h_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 36 km (L1, Passive, Aft, H Polarization)

cell_tb_v_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 36 km (L1, Passive, Fore, V Polarization)

cell_tb_v_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 36 km (L1, Passive, Aft, V Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_h_fore

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 36 km RFI (L1, Passive, Fore, H Polarization)

cell_tb_qual_flag_h_aft

Uncorrected Brightness Temperature 36 km RFI (L1, Passive, Aft, H Polarization)