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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
GeoCryoAI: Ensemble Learning and the Permafrost Carbon Feedback in Alaska, 1963-2022 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1960-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 72 S: 54 E: -134.776 W: -170

TAR
SnowEx23 Snow Water Equivalent V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SNOW TUBE 2023-03-13 to 2023-03-16

N: 68.615 S: 64.8677 E: -147.6745 W: -149.494

ASCII
High Mountain Asia ASCAT Freeze/Thaw/Melt Status V001 1 METOP ASCAT 2009-01-01 to 2017-10-12

N: 44.683 S: 19.125 E: 105.577 W: 63.427

4.45 Kilometers x 4.45 Kilometers PNG, HDF5, GeoTIFF
SnowEx20-21 Cameron Pass Derived Snowpack Relative Permittivities and Densities from Ground Penetrating Radar V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPR, LIDAR 2019-12-18 to 2021-05-27

N: 40.5202 S: 40.5154 E: -105.8889 W: -105.8931

CSV
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2014-06-15 to Present HDF5, XML
SENTINEL-1A_METADATA_SLC 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness from Remote Sensing Permafrost Model, Alaska, 2001-2015 1 SATELLITES, SMAP MODIS, SMAP L-BAND RADAR 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 70.214 S: 55.5667 E: -132.576 W: -179.18

netCDF-4 classic
IceBridge UAF Lidar Profiler L1B Geolocated Surface Elevation Triplets V001 1 DHC-3 UAF Profiler 2009-05-22 to 2009-06-02

N: 59.3 S: 56.94611 E: -132.32944 W: -137.52667

LAS
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global 5-Day 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V001 1 AQUA, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-05 to 2011-10-02, 2012-07-02 to 2025-08-28

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent R01 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 null HDF-EOS5
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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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