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Articles, resources, and announcements from Cryosphere.
The five new datasets are the result of a joint effort by NASA’s Satellite Needs Working Group Management Office (SNWG MO), ICESat-2 team, and Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE).
Feature Article
May 19, 2022
Data from NASA’s NSIDC DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Kristin Poinar develop the next generation of models for forecasting sea-level rise from melting glaciers and ice sheets.
Data User Story
Remote sensing data help researchers measure change in the Alaskan landscape.
Data User Story
Data from NASA’s ORNL DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Kevin Schaefer detect climate-induced thawing of permafrost throughout the Arctic.
Data User Story
Image captured Dec. 20, 2021, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Dec. 21, 2021
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is essential to projects that monitor the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
Data User Story
Image captured on 26 June 2021, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
July 6, 2021
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