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The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from Optical Images, Version 2 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »
Data Announcements
Sea Ice Index Concentration Images Now Contain Median Extent Line
In an effort to continue to make the Sea Ice Index a user friendly, go-to source for sea ice information, NOAA@NSIDC has added the median sea ice extent line to… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge Snow Radar Level-1B Data
NASA IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles data for 2016 Greenland are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge Ku-Band Radar Level-1B Data
NASA IceBridge Ku-Band Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles data for 2016 Greenland are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Ice Thickness Data
NASA IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Ice Thickness data for 2016 Greenland are now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
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 2016 Arctic campaign. This data set contains radar echograms taken from… Read more »
New Data Added to MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR
MEaSUREs has added SSM/I data from the F14 platform to the MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR data set available at the NASA National Snow… Read more »
Google Earth Animation Updated with March 2017 Maximum Arctic Sea Ice Extent
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Google Earth animation for the maximum annual Arctic sea ice extent has been updated. The March 2017 maximum has been added to the… Read more »
MEaSUREs Releases New Annual Velocity Maps for the Antarctic
The MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps, 2005-2016 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
Unified Sea Ice Thickness Climate Data Record Updated
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Unified Sea Ice Thickness Climate Data Record, 1947 Onward has been updated with data through 01 January 2017 and now also contains Antarctic… Read more »
