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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
High Mountain Asia Glacier Thickness Change Mosaics from Multi-Sensor DEMs V001 1 HEXAGON KH-9, Terra CAMERA, ASTER 1974-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 34.4 S: 27.4 E: 92.9 W: 75.4

30 Meters x 30 Meters PNG, GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 CRREL Ground Penetrating Radar V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPR 2023-03-08 to 2023-03-15

N: 68.64 S: 68.5257 E: -149.2186 W: -149.598

CSV
SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_GRD_FULL_RES 1 SENTINEL-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m 1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-01-19 to Present

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

375 Meters x 375 Meters NetCDF
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard S-Band Radar Level 3 Data Fall 2022 1 Ships RADAR 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-30

N: 75.5 S: 67.5 E: -138 W: -170.5

geotiff
IceBridge L4 Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness V001 1 C-130, DC-8, P-3B ATM, CAMBOT, DMS, Snow Radar 2009-03-19 to 2013-04-25

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

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

XML, CSV
SnowEx Colorado 3M Snow Depth Time Series and DEMs from High-Resolution Satellite Image Pairs V001 1 AIRCRAFT, Pleiades-1A, Pleiades-1B, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 LIDAR, CAMERA 2016-02-19 to 2022-03-02, 2022-03-16 to 2022-05-11

N: 39.216156 S: 38.785954 E: -107.747336 W: -108.382269

,

N: 37.350142 S: 36.946006 E: -106.336567 W: -106.869547

1 Meters x 1 Meters<br>3 Meters x 3 Meters GeoTIFF
MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Antarctic Quarterly 1920 m Ice Shelf Height Change and Basal Melt Rates, 1992-2017 V001 1 CRYOSAT-2, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2 SIRAL, RA-2, RA 1992-03-17 to 2017-12-16

N: -54 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

1920 Meters x 1920 Meters netCDF-4
Sentinel-1C Dual Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata 1 Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2025-04-01 to Present

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

XML
SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_METADATA_GRD_MEDIUM_RES 1 SENTINEL-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

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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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