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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
ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Level 1 ScanSAR Product 1 ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 2014-08-01 to Present

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

ZIP
MEaSUREs Weekly to Monthly Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from Sentinel-1 Mosaics V001 1 SENTINEL-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2015-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 84 S: 59 E: -15 W: -73

15 Meters to 50 Meters x 15 Meters to 50 Meters Shapefile
Probabilistic Freeze-Thaw Record for the Northern Hemisphere, 2016-2020 1 SMAP, GCOM-W1 SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER, AMSR2 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31

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

COG
Global PyGEM-OGGM Glacier Projections with RCP and SSP Scenarios V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

netCDF-4
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard S-Band Radar Level 4 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
Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, and Fractional Snow-Covered Area Maps from Maxar WorldView Satellite Images V001 1 WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 CAMERA 2015-05-20 to 2019-05-05

N: 39.176142 S: 38.867847 E: -108.032283 W: -108.298097

,

N: 48.672717 S: 48.481442 E: -120.993 W: -121.203708

,

N: 48.441717 S: 48.269722 E: -120.932614 W: -121.179528

GeoTIFF
SENTINEL-1B_METADATA_SLC 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

BOREAS Follow-On DSP-04 1994 ERS-1 Level-4 Landscape Freeze/Thaw Maps, Ver. 1.0 1 ERS-1 AMI 1994-02-14 to 1994-12-14

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

Binary
SnowEx23 Apr23 AVIRIS-NG Surface Spectral Reflectance V001 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2023-04-07 to 2023-05-05

N: 63.923672 S: 63.849275 E: -145.740261 W: -145.794581

,

N: 65.845611 S: 65.09561 E: -147.452956 W: -147.6783

,

N: 64.915781 S: 64.839828 E: -147.657586 W: -147.764758

,

N: 65.217951 S: 63.958389 E: -145.402168 W: -147.538696

BIL
SnowEx17 Community Snow Pit Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-25

N: 38 S: 37.8 E: -107.65 W: -107.8

,

N: 39.1 S: 39 E: -107.8 W: -108.2

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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