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The following data sets, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), have been updated to version 1.1 to reflect updated filenames… Read more »
Data Announcements
Google Earth Sea Ice Animations Updated for 2019
NOAA@NSIDC has updated their September and March Sea Ice Index sea ice animations in Google Earth with 2019 near-real-time data and replaced the 2018 near-real-time images with final data. To… Read more »
New versions available: ICESat-2 Version 2 data sets now available at the NSIDC DAAC
Multiple Level-1B, Level-2A, and Level-3A data sets from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission have been updated to Version 2 at the NASA National Snow and Ice… Read more »
New Version Release: AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures
The AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures, Version 4 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data… Read more »
Data set update: MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics from Sentinel-1A and -1B
The MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics from Sentinel-1A and -1B, Version 2 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated… Read more »
Data set update: MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR
The data access location has changed for the MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 1 data set, available through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data… Read more »
Level of service update: High Mountain Asia Landslide Catalog
The High Mountain Asia Landslide Catalog, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated from… Read more »
Data set update: SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data
The SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has… Read more »
New data sets released: Multiple High Mountain Asia updates at NSIDC DAAC
Multiple High Mountain Asia data sets are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). Each data set contains different science… Read more »
Level of service update: SMAP Radiometer Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures
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 »
