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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
BOREAS RSS-08 Snow Maps Derived from Landsat TM Imagery 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1993-01-18 to 1994-02-06

N: 54.78 S: 52.9 E: -103.43 W: -106.91

Binary
BOREAS RSS-17 1994 ERS-1 Level-3 Freeze/Thaw Backscatter Change Images 1 ERS-1 SAR 1994-01-03 to 1994-03-19

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
CALFIN Subseasonal Greenland Glacial Terminus Positions V001 1 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 MSS, TM, ETM+, OLI 1972-09-06 to 2019-06-25

N: 80 S: 60 E: -15 W: -75

Shapefile
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-01 V1-01 CALIPSO CALIOP 2020-07-01 to 2022-01-19 HDF5
CARVE: Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from AMSR-E and SSM/I, 2003-2014 1.1 ADEOS-II, DMSP AMSR-E, SSM/I 2003-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 74.399 S: 46.9946 E: -106.947 W: -179.999

netCDF-4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath TRMM Edition2C Edition2C TRMM CERES-PFM 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 HDF4
CryoSat-2 Level-1B Waveforms, Sea Ice Elevation, and Surface Roughness V001 1 CRYOSAT-2 SIRAL 2010-09-15 to Present

N: 90 S: 55 E: 180 W: -180

380 Meters x 1650 Meters netCDF-3
CryoSat-2 Level-4 Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness V001 1 CRYOSAT-2, DMSP 5D-3/F17 SIRAL, SSMIS 2010-09-20 to Present

N: 90 S: 55 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers PNG, netCDF-3
Daily SnowModel Outputs Covering the ABoVE Core Domain, 3-km Resolution, 1980-2020 1 MODELS Computer 1980-09-01 to 2020-08-31

N: 75.8357 S: 49.8038 E: -84.3282 W: -176.915

netCDF-4 classic
ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration and Thickness - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 MODELS, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
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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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