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March, 2014

Fun with Flags and Other Data Quality Information: AMSR-E’s New One-Stop Shop

The quality of a data set is very important to its user. Not knowing about data quality can lead to misleading interpretations and erroneous results. However, readily accessible data quality information enables the user to assess the limitations of a data set and to interpret the data accordingly. Several of NSIDC’s data sets include quality… Read more »

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Satellite Observations of Arctic Change

NSIDC now offers a new Web site, Satellite Observations of Arctic Change (SOAC) with interactive maps of the Arctic based on NASA satellite and related data. The site allows users to explore how conditions in the Arctic have changed over time. SOAC is available at http://nsidc.org/soac. Presently, SOAC offers seven data sets: Near-surface air temperature anomalies, from… Read more »

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Glacier Photographs: Past and Present

Some of the most beautiful natural features on Earth — glaciers — are changing right before our eyes. Many glaciers look remarkably different today than they did even 100 years ago. For those of you interested in monitoring these changes, wouldn’t it be nifty to have photographs of the same glacier, taken from the same… Read more »