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The Arctic Sea Ice Seasonal Change and Melt/Freeze Climate Indicators from Satellite Data, Version 1 data set is now available at the National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set update: Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS
The Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 3 data set, available from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has been extended through… Read more »
Level of service update: High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Extreme Precipitation Indices
The High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Extreme Precipitation Indices, Version 1 data set has been updated from a basic to a standard level of service at the NASA National… Read more »
Level of service update: High Mountain Asia TRMM-derived 3B42 Extreme Precipitation Indices
The High Mountain Asia TRMM-derived 3B42 Extreme Precipitation Indices, Version 1 data set has been updated from a basic to a standard level of service at the NASA National Snow and Ice… Read more »
Application data update: Newest NSIDC DAAC SMAP data set versions available in AppEEARS
The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) now includes the newest versions of select Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data sets from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »
Data set update: IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles
The IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set has been updated to include campaign data through 30 May 2018 at the NASA National Snow… Read more »
SCICEX 2011 and 2014 Sea Ice Draft Data have been Corrected and Re-released
NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that a team at the University of Washington, Applied Physics Lab, led by Axel Schweiger, has corrected and reprocessed the sea ice draft data for… Read more »
Early data release: Multilayer Greenland Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo, and Water Vapor from MODIS
The Multilayer Greenland Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo, and Water Vapor from MODIS Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active… Read more »
New data set release: SnowEx17 Boise State University Raw Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) Point Cloud
The SnowEx17 Boise State University Raw 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… 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, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) has… Read more »
