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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 SnowEx20 CRREL Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) Point Cloud, 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 »
Data Announcements
New data set released: SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Intensive Observation Period Snow Pit Measurements, Version 1
The SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Intensive Observation Period Snow Pit Measurements, Version 1 data set, is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center… Read more »
New version available: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Annual Land Ice Height Version 2
The ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Annual Land Ice Height, (ATL11) data set from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission has been updated to Version 2 at the NASA National… Read more »
New data sets released: Multiple SMAP Validation updates at NSIDC DAAC
Multiple SMAP Validation data sets are now available at NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). These data sets contain soil moisture, soil temperature… Read more »
User Notice: MODIS Terra Printed Wire Assembly (PWA) failure
On October 5, 2020 MODIS Terra experienced a Printed Wire Assemblies (PWA) failure. This failure caused partial to full science data loss where the data could not be played back… Read more »
Data set update: Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data
The Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data, Version 1 data set, accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
Data set update: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
The DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated through… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge UAF Lidar Scanner L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets
The IceBridge UAF Lidar Scanner L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets, Version 1 data set has been updated to include 2020 Alaska campaign data from 21 May 2020 through 05 June… Read more »
Data set update: Daily 4 km Gridded SWE and Snow Depth from Assimilated In-Situ and Modeled Data over the Conterminous US, Version 1
The Daily 4 km Gridded SWE and Snow Depth from Assimilated In-Situ and Modeled Data over the Conterminous US, Version 1 data set, accessible from the NASA National Snow and… Read more »
New version available: IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature
The IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature, Version 2 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
