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Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
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The SMAP Radiometer Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »
Data Announcements
New data set release: NOAA/NSIDC NOAA POES Global Visible and Infrared Band Data from ESSA and NOAA Satellites
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellite (POES) Global Visible and Infrared Band Data from ESSA (1966 – 1972) and NOAA (1972 – 1978) Satellites, Version… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge L1B Flight Reports
The IceBridge L1B Flight Reports, Version 1 data set has been updated to include the 2018 Antarctic campaign, with data from 02 October through 21 November 2018 at the NASA… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge L1B Thinned Flight Lines
The IceBridge L1B Thinned Flight Lines, Version 1 data set has been updated to include the 2018 Antarctic campaign, with data from 10 October through 17 November 2018 at the… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength with Waveforms, Version 1
The IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength with Waveforms, Version 1 data set has been updated through 16 November 2018 to include data from the 2018 Antarctic… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2
The IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 data set has been updated through 16 November 2018 to include data from the 2018 Antarctic campaign data… Read more »
New data set release: IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 2
The IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product, Version 2 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: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
NSIDC has discovered some large data gaps in the 2018 F18 Brightness Temperature record affecting the DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 data set. Northern and Southern Hemisphere… Read more »
Data set update: Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS
The Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 3 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »
User Notice: Multiple Passive Microwave Data Access Changes at NSIDC DAAC
The data access locations for multiple passive microwave data sets, available through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), have changed. Users accessing… Read more »
