Skip to main content

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

View All Datasets
Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
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
MEaSUREs Arctic Sea Ice Characterization Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7, Terra AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR 1979-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.5M Snow Depth and Canopy Height V001 1 CESSNA 206 Riegl Airborne Lidar 2022-03-11 to 2023-10-25

N: 70 S: 64.5 E: -148 W: -148.5

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters GeoTIFF
Select Northern Hemisphere Glacier Velocity Maps Using Customized autoRIFT and PlanetScope Imagery V001 1 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, PlanetScope, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B OLI, OLI-2, PS2, PS2.SD, PSB.SD, Sentinel-2 MSI 2019-03-05 to 2022-12-26, 2019-03-18 to 2022-12-31, 2020-01-16 to 2021-10-16, 2020-03-10 to 2021-09-28, 2021-01-19 to 2022-11-27

N: 78.7800952 S: 78.6133048 E: 12.7046985 W: 11.5497732

,

N: 60.4731365 S: 60.1011977 E: -137.8206057 W: -138.6933945

,

N: 38.7041022 S: 38.6037845 E: 72.2802216 W: 72.1118897

,

N: 60.2800575 S: 59.9016126 E: -139.4144551 W: -140.175999

,

N: 35.4419895 S: 35.2267909 E: 77.6655226 W: 77.3183406

100 Meters x 100 Meters GeoTIFF, Shapefile, CSV
ALOS_PALSAR_KMZ 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

Sentinel-1C Single Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2025-04-19 to Present

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

XML
ABoVE: Methane Ebullition Hotspots in Frozen Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska, Oct 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane GPS, CAMERAS 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-08

N: 64.9368 S: 64.863 E: -147.769 W: -147.939

Shapefile
OMG Glacial Elevations from GLISTIN-A Ver. 1 1 Airborne GLISTIN-A 2015-07-25 to 2019-11-30

N: 83.6 S: 59.1 E: -6.9 W: -73.6

0 Decimal Degrees x 0 Decimal Degrees NETCDF
ICESat-2 L4 Grounding Zone for Antarctic Ice Shelves V001 1 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2019-03-30 to 2020-09-30

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

HDF5, JPEG
SHOWING 10 OF 456

Cryosphere Data Tools

View All Data Tools
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
SHOWING 6 OF 6

Frequently Asked Questions

Earthdata Forum

Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.

Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses

Earthdata
Forum