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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
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Slope-Corrected Land Ice Height Time Series V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2019-03-29 to 2025-03-02

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

60 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Slope-Corrected Land Ice Height Time Series V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2019-03-29 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

2 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees HDF5
Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS V004 4 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR 1978-11-01 to Present

N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180

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N: -39 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
BOREAS AES Five-day Averaged Surface Meteorological and Upper Air Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, RAIN GAUGES, SNOW MEASURING ROD, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1976-01-01 to 1997-01-01

N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87

ASCII
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-04 1994 ERS-1 Level-4 Landscape Freeze/Thaw Maps, Ver. 1.0 1 ERS-1 AMI 1994-02-14 to 1994-12-14

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS WIND MONITOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC Model Simulations at Tower Flux Sites in 1994 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.9 S: 53.63 E: -98.29 W: -106.2

ASCII
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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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