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The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) North American Mountain Snow Data, Version 1 data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set update: ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 50m UTM Grid, Version 1
The ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 50m UTM Grid data set has been updated at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) to… Read more »
Data set update: ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid, Version 1
The ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid data set has been updated at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) to… Read more »
Level of service update: ASO L4 Lidar Snow Water Equivalent 50m UTM Grid, Version 1
The ASO L4 Lidar Snow Water Equivalent 50m UTM Grid data set has been updated from a basic to a standard level of service at the NASA National Snow and… Read more »
Google Earth Sea Ice Animations Updated for 2018
NOAA@NSIDC has updated their September and March Sea Ice Index sea ice animations in Google Earth with 2018 near-real-time data and replaced the 2016 and 2017 near-real-time images with final… Read more »
Level of service update: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Validation Experiment 2016 Manitoba (SMAPVEX16), Version 1
The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Validation Experiment 2016 Manitoba (SMAPVEX16), Version 1 data sets have been updated from a basic to a standard level of service at the NASA… Read more »
New data set release: SnowEx17 KT-15 Infrared Brightness Temperature, Version 1
The SnowEx17 KT-15 Infrared Brightness Temperature data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains brightness… Read more »
New data set release: IceBridge DMS L3 Ames Stereo Pipeline Photogrammetric DEM, Version 1
The IceBridge DMS L3 Ames Stereo Pipeline Photogrammetric DEM data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This… Read more »
New data set release: IceBridge DMS L3 Ames Stereo Pipeline Orthorectified Images, Version 1
The IceBridge DMS L3 Ames Stereo Pipeline Orthorectified Images 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 Concentration CDR Updated through 31 December 2017
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration data product has been processed through 31 December 2017. The input data to… Read more »
