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NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of the Daily Great Lakes Ice Concentration, 1973 Onward data set. This data set consists of gridded lake ice concentration for the Laurentian… Read more »
Data Announcements
User notice: VIIRS snow cover data at NSIDC DAAC
Multiple VIIRS snow cover data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), have been reprocessed due to an error in the… Read more »
New data sets released: Multiple Nimbus updates at NSIDC DAAC
Multiple Nimbus data sets are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). These data sets contain daily, global, grayscale TIFF… Read more »
Early data set release: LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product
The LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
Early data set release: LVIS Classic L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms
The LVIS Classic L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveform, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »
Data set update: MEaSUREs Phase-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map
New data access options are available for the MEaSUREs Phase-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map, Version 1 data set, accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active… Read more »
A 120 Year Record of Icebergs in North Atlantic Shipping Lanes is Now Available
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the “International Ice Patrol Annual Count of Icebergs South of 48 Degrees North, 1900 to Present” data set. The data are being released in collaboration… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge UAF Lidar Scanner L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets
The IceBridge UAF Lidar Scanner L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets, Version 1 data set has been updated to include 2019 Alaska campaign data from 22 September 2019 through 28 September 2019 at… Read more »
Data set update: SnowEx17 Ground Penetrating Radar
The SnowEx17 Ground Penetrating Radar, Version 2 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated to Version 2. This… Read more »
Data set update: MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Mosaics from SAR Data
The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Mosaics from SAR Data, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »
