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The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is pleased to announce that the DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures data set has… Read more »
Data Announcements
MEaSUREs Releases Daily State of the Cryosphere Data Set
The Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is pleased… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge POS/AV L1B Data
The NASA IceBridge POS/AV L1B Corrected Position and Attitude Data set now includes data for Antarctica 2014. This data set contains georeferencing data from the Applanix 510 POS AV system… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Data
The NASA IceBridge Narrow Swath ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 data set now includes data for Arctic 2014. This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Greenland,… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge ATM L2 Data
The NASA IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness, Version 2 data set now includes data for 2014 Arctic. This data set contains resampled and smoothed elevation measurements of… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge ATM L1B Data
The NASA IceBridge ATM L1B Elevation and Return Strength, Version 2 data set now includes data for 2014 Arctic. This data set contains spot elevation measurements of Arctic and Antarctic… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Data
The NASA IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles, Version 2 data set now includes data for Antarctica 2013. This data set contains radar echograms taken over Greenland… Read more »
Update for NASA IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature Data Set
The NASA IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature data set now includes data for Arctic 2014. This data set contains surface temperature measurements of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice and land… Read more »
New SMAPVEX12 Soil Texture Map Available
New field campaign data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12) are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center… Read more »
AGDC Releases West Antarctica Ice Core Data
The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC) at NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of a new data set, West Antarctica Ice Core Data. This data set includes ice core… Read more »
