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Cryosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA data range from measuring the current and historical extent of snow and ice to tracking its formation and melting. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Cryosphere Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
Radiostratigraphy and Age Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet V002 C-130, DHC-6, NASA DC-8, P-3B, WP-3D ORION MCoRDS, ACORDS, MCRDS, ICORDS 1993-06-24 to 2019-05-16 GREENLAND N: 83.9 S: 58.9 E: -10.7 W: -73.5 netCDF-4
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard S-Band Radar Level 3 Data Fall 2022 Ships RADAR 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-30 BEAUFORT SEA N: 75.5 S: 67.5 E: -138 W: -170.5 geotiff
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard S-Band Radar Level 4 Data Fall 2022 Ships RADAR 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-30 BEAUFORT SEA N: 75.5 S: 67.5 E: -138 W: -170.5 geotiff
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Summary Ice Concentration Rankings from ML analysis of SBAND Images Fall 2022 Ships RADAR 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-30 BEAUFORT SEA N: 75.5 S: 67.5 E: -138 W: -170.5 netCDF-4
Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data V002 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR 1978-10-26 to Present POLAR N: -39.23 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 PNG, netCDF-4
SEASAT SCATTEROMETER BINNED 50KM SIGMA-0 DATA (Wentz) SEASAT 1 SASS 1978-07-07 to 1978-10-10 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 RAW
Select Northern Hemisphere Glacier Velocity Maps Using Customized autoRIFT and PlanetScope Imagery V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, PlanetScope, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B OLI, OLI-2, PS2, PS2.SD, PSB.SD, Sentinel-2 MSI 2019-03-05 to 2022-12-26, 2019-03-18 to 2022-12-31, 2020-01-16 to 2021-10-16, 2020-03-10 to 2021-09-28, 2021-01-19 to 2022-11-27 ALASKA, YUKON TERRITORY, TAJIKISTAN, INDIA, PAKISTAN N: 78.7800952 S: 78.6133048 E: 12.7046985 W: 11.5497732 GeoTIFF, Shapefile, CSV
Sentinel-1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Bursts Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2014-06-15 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_GRD_FULL_RES Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_GRD_HIGH_RES Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
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Cryosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
GLIMS Glacier Database Visualize and download data from the GLIMS Glacier Database using the map-based GLIMS Glacier Viewer or search and download data using custom parameters in the GLIMS Text Search Interface. Downloading, Search and Discovery, Visualization
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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