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The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on ‘Polar Ice, Polar Climate, Polar Change’ at the University of Colorado in Boulder on 14–19 August 2017. The meeting will take place at the University Memorial Center’s Glenn Miller Ballroom…. Read more »
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NASA DAAC Data Services Now Accessible as an API Endpoint
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Are you looking to customize MODIS, GLAS, AMSR-E, or SMAP data? While customization options such as subsetting and reformatting are currently available through the NASA Earthdata Search web application, these services can now be accessed programmatically as a synchronous REST… Read more »
A New Data Set for Mapping Land Ice Velocities Across the Globe
The National Snow and Ice Data Center is pleased to announce the release of a new data set, “Global Land Ice Velocity Extraction from Landsat 8 (GoLIVE)”. GoLIVE is a NASA-funded effort that serves as a processing and staging system… Read more »
Upcoming Webinar: A New Era for Gridded Passive Microwave Data at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 12:00:00 PM MST – 1:00:00 PM MST Satellite passive microwave sensors observe microwave radiation traveling upward from the Earth. The sensors can see through most clouds and collect measurements both day and night, which is especially… Read more »
Visit NSIDC at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting
Are you attending the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting from December 12 to December 16 in San Francisco? If so, please drop by the NSIDC booth (#746) in the exhibit hall. There, you can get information about NSIDC data, tools, and… Read more »
The Search Continues: NASA Tools to Help Display and Download Your Data
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The search for data can be daunting, but there are tools available to help you along the way. The purpose of this article is to describe two web-based tools, NASA’s Worldview and Earthdata Search, which can be used to work… Read more »
The Importance of Data Citations
A key component of the research process is leveraging existing work to build new conclusions and discussion. Throughout the history of peer-reviewed literature, it has been necessary to reference relevant research publications. Traditionally, the final piece of literature produced by… Read more »
Join the upcoming webinar: Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) Data Management Best Practices
This NASA Earthdata Webinar will provide guidance on fundamental data management practices that NASA ABoVE investigators should perform during the course of data collection to improve the usability of their data sets. The topics covered will include how to structure your… Read more »
Applications of SMAP and Evapotranspiration Data: Webinar Series
If you are interested in Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data, we would like to bring your attention to an upcoming webinar series offered by the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program that is focused on applications of SMAP… Read more »
The Northern Bering Sea: Our Way of Life, Now Available
The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic project at the National Snow and Ice Data Center is pleased to announce the release of a website focused on the cultural and ecological significance of the northern Bering Sea…. Read more »
