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MEaSUREs Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1 data set is now available at version 1.1. The minor changes in this version include: Added data for… Read more »
Data Announcements
Sea Ice Concentration CDR Updated to Version 3 and a Near-Real-Time Version Released
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of Version 3 of the NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration (final CDR). The reason for the version change… Read more »
CryoSat-2 Level 4 Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness Data Published
NASA IceBridge-related CryoSat-2 Level 4 Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness data are now published at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »
NSIDC Data Viewer Tool being Decommissioned
On 1 September 2017, the NSIDC Data Viewer tool will be decommissioned; thus, permanently unavailable for any future use. There are no plans to replace it at this time.
New Snow Depth and SWE Data Set
A new data set, Daily Snow Depths and SWE from GPS Signal-to-Noise Ratios, is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
Data Access Change for MEaSUREs MODIS Mosaic of Greenland 2005 (MOG2005) Image Map
NSIDC would like to announce a change to data access for the MEaSUREs MODIS Mosaic of Greenland 2005 (MOG2005) Image Map, Version 1 data set. Data access is now solely… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge DMS L0 Raw Imagery Data
NASA IceBridge DMS L0 Raw Imagery for the Spring 2017 Arctic campaign is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »
New NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images
NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images for the 2017 Arctic campaign are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »
Data Available as v1.2 for MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR
The F11 data from the MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 data set is now available at version 1.2. The minor change in… Read more »
Update to MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics
The MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics from Sentinel-1A and -1B, Version 2 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »
