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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 »
Data Announcements
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 »
New data set release: AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 25 km Brightness Temperatures & Sea Ice Concentration Polar Grids, Version 1
The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 25 km Brightness Temperatures & Sea Ice Concentration Polar Grids, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data… Read more »
NSIDC-0046 extended through 31 December 2017
Data set update: The Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent, Version 4 data set, distributed by the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »
New data set release: SnowEx17 P-3 Airborne Video, Version 1
The SnowEx17 P-3 Airborne Video data set is now available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains raw… Read more »
