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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 | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, and Fractional Snow-Covered Area Maps from Maxar WorldView Satellite Images V001 | 1 | WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 | CAMERA | 2015-05-20 to 2019-05-05 |
N: 39.176142 S: 38.867847 E: -108.032283 W: -108.298097 N: 48.672717 S: 48.481442 E: -120.993 W: -121.203708 N: 48.441717 S: 48.269722 E: -120.932614 W: -121.179528 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Level-4 9ka Greenland Ice Sheet Balance Velocity 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 |
5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15 |
N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps V001 | 1 | ALOS, ENVISAT, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX | PALSAR, ASAR, OLI, SAR, C-SAR | 2005-07-01 to 2025-06-30 |
N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR V001 | 1 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B | C-SAR | 2015-01-01 to 2021-02-03 |
N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75 |
200 Meters x 200 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile |
| MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR V002 | 2 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B | C-SAR | 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-20 |
N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9 |
200 Meters x 200 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Annual 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, SAR, X-SAR | 2014-12-01 to 2023-11-30 |
N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9 |
200 Meters x 200 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data V002 | 2 | ALOS, RADARSAT-1, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX | PALSAR, SAR, C-SAR | 2005-12-13 to 2006-04-20 |
N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75 |
200 Meters x 200 Meters 500 Meters x 500 Meters |
GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Single-Pair Velocity Maps from Optical Images V001 | 1 | LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B | OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI | 2016-01-01 to 2024-12-31 |
N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -72 |
100 Meters x 100 Meters | netCDF-4, GeoPackage, CSV |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR V004 | 4 | TDX, TSX | TDX-1, X-SAR | 2008-06-12 to 2023-09-20 |
N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -70 |
100 Meters x 100 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from Optical Images V003 | 3 | LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, Terra | TM, ETM+, OLI, ASTER | 1985-03-01 to 2021-11-30 |
N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -70 |
100 Meters x 100 Meters | GeoTIFF, Shapefile |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Monthly 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 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 | 2020-07-01 to 2022-06-30 |
N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
450 Meters x 450 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere State of Cryosphere Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Terra | SSM/I, SSMIS, MODIS | 1999-01-01 to 2012-12-31 |
N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere State of Cryosphere Weekly 100km 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 |
100 Kilometers x 100 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
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