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On the evening of 19 June 2019, SMAP went into safe mode and data collection was disrupted. A task team has made progress in communicating with the satellite and diagnosing… Read more »
Data Announcements
Data set update: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures
The DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 2 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been extended… Read more »
SMAP in Safe Mode
On the evening of 19 June 2019, the SMAP satellite went into safe mode. Subsystems are investigating the cause and possible solutions. In the meantime, all instruments are shutdown and… Read more »
Level of Service Update: Arctic Sea Ice Seasonal Change and Melt/Freeze Climate Indicators from Satellite Data
Dear Colleague, The Arctic Sea Ice Seasonal Change and Melt/Freeze Climate Indicators from Satellite Data, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active… Read more »
Over 8,000 Historical Photographs Added to the Glacier Photograph Collection Database
NOAA@NSIDC and the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Libraries are pleased to announce that the Glacier Photograph Collection (GPC) has recently been updated with over 8,000 new historical images, collected… Read more »
Early data set release: ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height data set
The ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Ocean Surface Height, Version 1 data set from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice… Read more »
New data set releases: High Mountain Asia landslide and snowfield data sets
Two additional High Mountain Asia data sets are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). The High Mountain Asia Landslide… Read more »
New version available: Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures
The Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures, Version 4 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center… Read more »
User Notice: MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) 2000 Image Mosaic
New data access options are available for the MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) 2000 Image Mosaic, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data… Read more »
New data set release: Multiple ICESat-2 data sets are now available at the NSIDC DAAC
Multiple Level-1B, Level-2, and Level-3A data sets from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed… Read more »
