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July 6, 2017

VIIRS snow cover swath data now available

Version 1 of the VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover 6-Min Swath 375m (VNP10) data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »

July 6, 2017

New Data Added to MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR

MEaSUREs has added SSMIS data from the F16 platform to the MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 data set available at the NASA… Read more »

June 29, 2017

New Data Added to MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR

MEaSUREs has added SSMIS data from the F17, F18, and F19 platforms to the MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 data set available… Read more »

June 28, 2017

Update for NASA IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Data

The NASA IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set now includes data for the 2014 Antarctica campaign. This data set contains radar echograms taken… Read more »

June 28, 2017

Data Access Change for MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR

NSIDC would like to announce a change to data access for the MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 1.2 data set. Data access is… Read more »

June 28, 2017

Update for NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Data

The NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set now includes data for the 2014 Antarctica campaign. This data set contains radar echograms taken from… Read more »

June 21, 2017

Replacement Files Available for SMAP Data Impacted by Atmospheric Correction Issue

An issue involving the atmospheric correction algorithm used to process SMAP Level-1B (L1B) brightness temperatures, as noted in the Select Data Files Impacted by SMAP L1B Processing Error data announcement,… Read more »

June 21, 2017

Update for NASA IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness

NASA IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness data for 2016 Antarctica are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC… Read more »

June 21, 2017

Update for NASA IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength Data

NASA IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength data for 2016 Antarctica are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)…. Read more »

June 21, 2017

Update for NASA IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Data

NASA IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength data for 2016 Antarctica are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center… Read more »

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