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The SnowEx20 Airborne SWESARR Brightness Temperature, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set updates: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily/5-Day/Monthly 25km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1
The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily/5-Day/Monthly 25km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1 data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
Data set update: Nenana Ice Classic: Tanana River Ice Annual Breakup Dates, Version 2
The Nenana Ice Classic: Tanana River Ice Annual Breakup Dates, Version 2 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC),… Read more »
New data sets released: 5 new SnowEx20 data sets
The following 5 data sets are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC): SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP UNM 800 and… Read more »
MASIE Data Now Available in NetCDF
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent (MASIE) data set is now available in NetCDF4 format. Both the 1 km and 4 km resolution data… Read more »
New data set release: Lagrangian Snow Distributions for Sea-Ice Applications, Version 1
The Lagrangian Snow Distributions for Sea-Ice Applications, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This… Read more »
Sea Ice Index has been Updated to Final Data through 2020
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Sea Ice Index has been updated from near-real-time data to final data for the time period 01 January 2020 through 31 December 2020…. Read more »
New data set release: High Mountain Asia Multitemporal Landslide Inventories
The High Mountain Asia Multitemporal Landslide Inventories, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
User notice: IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength
The 2018 Antarctic and 2019 Greenland campaign data within the IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 data set has been replaced with reprocessed files at… Read more »
User notice: IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength with Waveforms
The 2018 Antarctic and 2019 Greenland campaign data within the IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength with Waveforms, Version 1 data set has been replaced with reprocessed… Read more »
