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Read the latest news stories, feature articles, user stories, and blog posts that feature data archived by NASA's National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC).

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Dr. Anne Nolin

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Anne Nolin, to study mountain ecosystems.

Data User Story

Dec. 22, 2020

Ben Holt

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Ben Holt, to study polar sea ice, coastal oceanography, and marine pollution

Data User Story

Dec. 21, 2020

Near Real-Time VIIRS Products Now Available through LANCE

VIIRS I-band (375 m) Active Fire and Corrected Reflectance products are the newest near real-time products available through LANCE.

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Nov. 4, 2020

Changes in the calving front of Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier between 1942 and 2006.

Collecting Data at a Glacial Pace: The Greenland Ice Mapping Project

Greenland’s more than 200 major outlet glaciers are constantly on the move—many of them at some of the fastest speeds ever recorded.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

SMAP's rotating golden antenna functions like a satellite dish to focus radio waves from Earth's surface into a collector on the spacecraft

Rounding up Data with a Golden Lasso: Getting Soil Moisture Data from SMAP to DAAC

NASA's SMAP team turns raw satellite data into more than a dozen data products for data users around the world.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

Olympic National Park mule packer Daniel Boone Jones leads a team of mules carrying OLYMPEX ground instruments, batteries, and supplies to field sites.

Collecting Data from the Ground Up: NASA's Ground Validation Field Campaigns

Ground validation campaigns connect the dots between what is being remotely-sensed by a satellite instrument and ongoing Earth processes.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

AppEEARS 2.0: New Features and Data to Further Improve User Workflow Efficiency

The latest enhancements to the AppEEARS program provide access to more datasets along with greater flexibility for working with Earth observing data from NASA and other federal data archives.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

In Memoriam: Dr. Roger Barry (1935 - 2018)

The cryosphere expert and University of Colorado Distinguished Professor of Geography was the founding director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

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Dr. Anne Nolin

Ben Holt

Near Real-Time VIIRS Products Now Available through LANCE

Collecting Data at a Glacial Pace: The Greenland Ice Mapping Project

Rounding up Data with a Golden Lasso: Getting Soil Moisture Data from SMAP to DAAC

Collecting Data from the Ground Up: NASA's Ground Validation Field Campaigns

AppEEARS 2.0: New Features and Data to Further Improve User Workflow Efficiency

In Memoriam: Dr. Roger Barry (1935 - 2018)

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