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NSIDC DAAC News
Read the latest news stories, feature articles, user stories, and blog posts that feature data archived by NASA's National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC).
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Interactively explore your world your way with nearly 20 years of MODIS global imagery and the EOSDIS Worldview data visualization application.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Data from NASA’s ICESat-2 mission provide incredibly accurate measurements of Earth elevation change—and much more.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
NASA’s ACCESS Program helps create and enhance technologies that make EOSDIS data more available for global interdisciplinary research.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
The 1978 launch of NASA’s Nimbus-7 satellite carrying the SMMR passive microwave sensor ushered in the modern satellite sea ice data record.
News
Nov. 4, 2020
The annual NASA EOSDIS customer satisfaction survey shows consistent, strong performance and high satisfaction with products and services, as well as with EOSDIS DAACs.
News
Nov. 4, 2020
After more than 20 years in space, the five instruments aboard NASA’s Terra satellite continue their singular achievement of compiling a climate data record of Earth.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
The RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project provides the world's first high-resolution map of Antarctica.
Feature Article
Sept. 11, 2020
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