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The majority of SMAP data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), are now available as customizable data subscriptions. Data… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set updates: NASA Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) data sets
The ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid, Version 1; ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 50m UTM Grid, Version 1; and ASO L4 Lidar Snow Water Equivalent 50m UTM Grid, Version 1 data sets,… Read more »
Application data update: Newest NSIDC DAAC SMAP data set versions available in AppEEARS
The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) now includes the newest versions of select Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data sets from the NASA National Snow and… Read more »
Version 2 of On-Ice Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Measurements from 1879 to 2016 Now Available
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of version 2 of On-Ice Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Measurements by Auger, Core, and Electromagnetic Induction, from the Late 1800s Onward. In addition… Read more »
New data set release: IceBridge ATM L1B Near-Infrared Waveforms
New data set release: IceBridge ATM L1B Near-Infrared Waveforms The IceBridge ATM L1B Near-Infrared Waveforms, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data… Read more »
Seeking the World’s Largest Glaciers in Data
NOAA@NSIDC has long partnered with the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) in Switzerland to improve the quality and completeness of glacier data. NSIDC’s User Services office gets questions from the… Read more »
New data set release: MEaSUREs Phase-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map
The MEaSUREs Phase-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map, 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,… Read more »
Data set updates: MEaSUREs Greenland Monthly and Quarterly Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat
The following data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), have been updated to version 1.1 to reflect updated filenames… Read more »
Google Earth Sea Ice Animations Updated for 2019
NOAA@NSIDC has updated their September and March Sea Ice Index sea ice animations in Google Earth with 2019 near-real-time data and replaced the 2018 near-real-time images with final data. To… Read more »
New versions available: ICESat-2 Version 2 data sets now available at the NSIDC DAAC
Multiple Level-1B, Level-2A, and Level-3A data sets from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission have been updated to Version 2 at the NASA National Snow and Ice… Read more »
