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Snow/Ice Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS), Snow Today, and Worldview guide users in making the most of snow and ice data.
Snow/Ice Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEaSUREs Greenland Quarterly Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V005 | 5 | LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX | OLI, OLI-2, C-SAR, X-SAR | 2014-12-01 to 2024-11-30 |
N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9 |
200 Meters x 200 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 | SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR | 1979-01-02 to 2012-12-31 |
N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map V002 | 2 | ALOS, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, TDX, TSX | PALSAR, ASAR, SAR, OLI, C-SAR | 1996-01-01 to 2016-12-31 |
N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
450 Meters x 450 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity Maps of Central Antarctica: 1997 and 2009 V001 | 1 | RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 | SAR | 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31 |
N: -72 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
900 Meters x 900 Meters | netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII |
| MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica V001 | 1 | ALOS, ERS-1, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, TDX | PALSAR, SAR | 2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31 |
N: -71.9876 S: -80.4614 E: 82.8345 W: -127.3826 |
450 Meters x 450 Meters | netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII |
| MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Antarctic Annual 240 m Ice Sheet Extent Masks, 1997-2021 V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 1997-10-01 to 2021-03-14 |
N: -57.6 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
240 Meters x 240 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Landsat Image-Pair Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities V001 | 1 | LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 1982-11-12 to 2019-04-27 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
240 Meters x 240 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities V002 | 2 | LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B | TM, ETM+, OLI, OLI-2, C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI | 1984-01-01 to 2022-12-31 |
N: 65.04 S: 51.05 E: -124.51 W: -171.53 N: 54.98 S: 44.88 E: -114.06 W: -131.46 N: 84.17 S: 73.1 E: -53.13 W: -108.44 N: 76.43 S: 61.6 E: -58.57 W: -87.71 N: 81.5 S: 58.33 E: 11.31 W: -94.4 N: 68.31 S: 62.03 E: -10.71 W: -26.57 N: 81.5 S: 75.98 E: 36.25 W: 3.37 N: 71.46 S: 58.63 E: 30.46 W: 4.18 N: 85.03 S: 69.93 E: 110.55 W: 23.2 N: 52.54 S: 45.78 E: 95.28 W: 84.05 N: 47.94 S: 43.21 E: 15.2 W: 4.98 N: 44.38 S: 41.4 E: 47.51 W: 38.82 N: 46.58 S: 23.05 E: 108.16 W: 62.82 N: -40.4 S: -56.17 E: -65.29 W: -75 N: -41.46 S: -46.12 E: 173.59 W: 166.1 N: -56.97 S: -58.71 E: 48.37 W: -129.17 |
120 Meters x 120 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic V001 | 1 | ALOS, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, TSX | PALSAR, SAR, OLI | 1995-12-01 to 2015-10-31 |
N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75 |
250 Meters x 250 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG |
| MEaSUREs Multi-year Reference Velocity Maps of the Antarctic Ice Sheet V001 | 1 | ALOS, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX | PALSAR, ASAR, SAR, OLI, C-SAR, X-SAR | 1995-07-01 to 2001-06-30 |
N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
450 Meters x 450 Meters | netCDF-4 |
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Snow/Ice Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | 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 |
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