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Ice sheets are masses of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles). There are only two ice sheets worldwide today, the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
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Open access data to inform researchers, policymakers, and othersNSIDC’s data management programs focus on preserving and providing access to cryospheric data and related geophysical data.
Analyses | National Snow and Ice Data Center
2024年12月4日 · The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has launched an upgraded and streamlined Sea Ice Today website. The new site replaces the Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis (ASINA) website but continues the NASA-funded work on near-real-time assessments, daily data images, and monthly analyses on sea ice conditions that began in 2007.
Get Started with NSIDC Data - National Snow and Ice Data Center
The data set landing page contains several sections, which can be navigated to via a convenient sidebar menu: Overview: A brief summary of the data set and what it contains, including parameters, resolution, and other metadata. Data Access & Tools: Contains options for accessing the data, as well as tools to work with the data. Documentation: Links to …
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Visualize Data - National Snow and Ice Data Center
Visualize NSIDC data in a particular region or explore various geophysical measurements of the cryosphere with the featured tools below. These tools are very popular among scientists, journalists, policymakers, and the general public alike, as they offer the best way to observe just some of the information that can be gained from the use of NSIDC data – without having to access, download and ...
Data Programs - National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIDC’s data management programs focus on preserving, documenting and providing access to cryosphere and related geophysical data. NSIDC operates three core data management programs: the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), the NOAA program at NSIDC (NOAA@NSIDC), and Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA).
Data Tools - National Snow and Ice Data Center
Search for and download NSIDC DAAC data using the earthaccess python package. This python-based Jupyter notebook also demonstrates geospatial operations to crop and resample one GeoTIFF based on the extent and pixel size of another GeoTIFF, with the end goal of plotting one on top of the other.
About NSIDC | National Snow and Ice Data Center
From data management and software development to scientific research, get the the basic rundown on what NSIDC does, and why our work is so important to advancing understanding of Earth’s frozen regions. Scientists, software experts, creatives, and many others work together at NSIDC. Learn more ...
Explore Data - National Snow and Ice Data Center
Passive microwave data products from June 2002 through early October 2011 related to sea ice concentration, sea ice motion, sea surface temperature, snow depth, snow water equivalent, soil moisture, wind speed, water vapor, precipitation, and other parameters.