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The Near-Real-Time DMSP SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 2 data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). With Version 2, the data are now provided… Read more »
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Data set update: IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles
The IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated to include data for the Spring 2018… Read more »
icepyx: Python tools for accessing and working with ICESat-2 data
icepyx is a python software library for accessing and working with ICESat-2 data. Acting as a wrapper around Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) supported by the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), icepyx enables data… Read more »
Webinar recording: Let It Snow! Accessing and Analyzing Snow Data at the NSIDC DAAC
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A recording of the NASA Earthdata webinar, Let It Snow! Accessing and Analyzing Snow Data at the NSIDC DAAC, is now available on YouTube. The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) continues to expand its collection… Read more »
New data set release: SnowEx17 Senator Beck SnowMicroPen (SMP) Raw Penetration Force Profiles
The SnowEx17 Senator Beck SnowMicroPen (SMP) Raw Penetration Force Profiles, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains raw penetration force profiles measured at… Read more »
Upcoming 2020 ICESat-2 Hack Week: June 15-19
NSIDC is excited to bring your attention to the Cryospheric Sciences with ICESat-2 Hack Week, June 15-19, 2020, on the University of Washington campus. Visit the website https://icesat-2hackweek.github.io/ for details on how to apply. From the ICESat-2 Hack Week Organizers: Join us… Read more »
NSIDC DAAC Hands-on Tutorial: Discover, Access, and Harmonize Arctic Remote Sensing Data during the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting
The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) will be presenting a hands-on tutorial during the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, hosted by the ARCUS Arctic Community Meeting Space. This tutorial will demonstrate our data discovery,… Read more »
Help improve tools and services at NSIDC DAAC
The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is one of twelve NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers. Several of the data sets distributed by NSIDC are part of the… Read more »
ICESat-2 Data Now Available at NSIDC DAAC
The first data sets from NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). These data sets provide backscatter profiles; geolocated photon data; atmospheric… Read more »
Data download improvements
The process of accessing data from NSIDC is evolving, and with it, the design and function of data set landing pages. The first improvements, released on March 6, reorganize the layout of these pages. The most noticeable change will be… Read more »
