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Glaciers/Ice Sheets Data Access and Tools

Glaciers and ice sheets data from NASA range from frequently updated high-resolution instrument imagery to radar altimeter measurements. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to measure the location, size, and other characteristics of glaciers and ice sheets.

Glaciers/Ice Sheets Datasets

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NISAR Urgent Response Level 2 Product 1 NISAR L-SAR, S-SAR 2026-06-18 to Present

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

HDF5, XML, CSV, PDF, KML, YAML, PNG
OMG Glacial Elevations from GLISTIN-A Ver. 1 1 G-III GLISTIN-A 2015-07-25 to 2019-11-30

N: 83.6 S: 59.1 E: -6.9 W: -73.6

0 Decimal Degrees x 0 Decimal Degrees NETCDF
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present HDF5, XML
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-07-01 to Present HDF5, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

GeoTIFF, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-04-14 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5, GeoTIFF, XML
Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength V001 1 DHC-6, NASA DC-8, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B ATM 1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

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N: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Binary
Pre-IceBridge ATM L2 Icessn Elevation, Slope, and Roughness V001 1 DHC-6, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B ATM 1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30

N: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII
Pre-IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Ice Thickness V001 1 DC-8, DHC-6, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B MCoRDS, ACORDS, ATM, ICORDS 1993-06-23 to 2007-09-23

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

CSV
RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

RADARSAT-1 Level 1 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

Radiostratigraphy and Age Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet V001 1 DC-8, P-3B ACORDS, ICORDS, MCRDS, MCoRDS 1993-06-23 to 2013-04-26

N: 81.51 S: 58.91 E: 6.62 W: -88.33

netCDF-4, XML, MAT
Radiostratigraphy and Age Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet V002 2 C-130, DHC-6, NASA DC-8, P-3B, WP-3D ORION MCoRDS, ACORDS, MCRDS, ICORDS 1993-06-24 to 2019-05-16

N: 83.9 S: 58.9 E: -10.7 W: -73.5

5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers netCDF-4
Sentinel-1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Bursts 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C, Sentinel-1D C-SAR 2014-06-15 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Full Resolution Ground Range Detected Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Full Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Level 0 Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Level 0 Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Single Look Complex Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Single Look Complex Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

Sentinel-1A Single Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

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Featured Observation Glaciers/Ice Sheets Method: ASTER

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a high spatial resolution instrument aboard the Terra satellite. ASTER captures images of Earth in 14 different wavelengths from visible to thermal infrared light as well as provides a Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) of the planet's land surface with 30-meter resolution. ASTER data can be used to create detailed visualizations and maps of land surface temperature, emissivity, reflectance, and elevation including images of glaciers.

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Glaciers/Ice Sheets Data Tools

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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
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
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