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Cryosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA data range from measuring the current and historical extent of snow and ice to tracking its formation and melting. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Cryosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
SENTINEL-1B_SLC 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Glacial and Fast Ice Distributions in Southeast Greenland Fjords V001 1 Aqua, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Terra MODIS, OLI, C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 70.009956 S: 60.286876 E: -22.410516 W: -44.199176

Shapefile, CSV, GeoPackage
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Land-only 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 1987-12-31 NetCDF-4
ERS-2 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength V001 1 DHC-6, NASA DC-8, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B ATM 1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

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N: -46 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Binary
GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) WFF Version 1 1 GROUND STATIONS 2DVD point ASCII
Field Data on Soils, Vegetation, and Fire History for Alaska Tundra Sites, 1972-2020 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS, THERMOMETERS 1972-08-01 to 2020-08-15

N: 71.334 S: 61.1397 E: -141.683 W: -166.41

CSV
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V001 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-03, 2012-07-02 to 2025-08-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS5
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 2023-12-29

N: 82 S: 62 E: -20 W: -70

100 Meters x 100 Meters netCDF-4, GeoPackage, CSV
SnowEx23 Oct22 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Low-snow V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2022-10-24 to 2022-10-24

N: 70.084 S: 68.5284 E: -148.6127 W: -149.5964

1 Meters x 1 Meters CSV
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Cryosphere Data Tools

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Tool 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
GLIMS Glacier Database Visualize and download data from the GLIMS Glacier Database using the map-based GLIMS Glacier Viewer or search and download data using custom parameters in the GLIMS Text Search Interface. Downloading, Search and Discovery, Visualization
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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