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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.

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NISAR Validated Geocoded Unwrapped Interferogram Product (Version 1) 1 NISAR 2008-01-01 to Present

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

HDF5
NISAR Validated Range Doppler Pixel Offsets (Version 1) 1 NISAR 2008-01-01 to Present

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

HDF5
NISAR Validated Range Doppler Single Look Complex Product (Version 1) 1 NISAR L-SAR, S-SAR 2025-10-01 to Present

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

HDF5, XML, PNG, PDF, CSV, KML, YAML
NISAR Validated Range Doppler Unwrapped Interferogram Product (Version 1) 1 NISAR 2008-01-01 to Present

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

HDF5
NISAR Validated Range Doppler Wrapped Interferogram Product (Version 1) 1 NISAR 2008-01-01 to Present

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

HDF5
NISAR Validated Soil Moisture (Version 1) 1 NISAR 2008-01-01 to Present

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

HDF5
NIVAL Mores Creek Summit Snow Depth, Canopy Height, and DTM from Airborne LiDAR V001 1 HELICOPTER LIDAR 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-04

N: 43.9748 S: 43.91365 E: -115.64244 W: -115.7305

GeoTIFF
Northern Hemisphere Ice Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution V001 (NHICEM) at GES DISC 001 GOES AVHRR 2000-01-01 to 2014-11-30

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution V001 (NHSNOWM) at GES DISC 001 GOES AVHRR 2000-01-01 to 2014-11-30

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 12.5 km Brightness Temperature & Sea Ice Concentration V4 4 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2020-06-29

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 25 km Brightness Temperature & Sea Ice Concentration Polar Grids V4 4 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2020-06-29

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 6.25 km Polar Gridded 89 GHz Brightness Temperatures V4 4 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2020-06-29

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2021-04-15

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

HDF-EOS5
NSCAT Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU 1 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

0.04 Decimal Degrees x 0.04 Decimal Degrees RAW
NSCAT High-Resolution MGDR, Sigma-0 and Ocean Wind Vectors (Dunbar) 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

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

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters RAW
NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

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

50000 Meters x 50000 Meters HDF
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
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 product for Calibration & Validation (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-10-14 to 2023-07-29 HDF5, XML
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present HDF5, XML
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-07-01 to Present HDF5, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 product for Calibration & Validation (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-10-28 to 2023-07-13

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

HDF5, GeoTIFF, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

GeoTIFF, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-04-14 to Present

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

HDF5, GeoTIFF, XML
Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowoff Date Maps, 1988-2023 1.0 DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18, DMSP SSMIS, SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 90 S: 37.9787 E: 180 W: -180

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Potential Areas of Gas Seepage Detected by SAR in Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, ALOS Computer, PALSAR 2006-12-04 to 2011-03-17

N: 65.1787 S: 64.3313 E: -146.87 W: -148.287

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Cryosphere Data Tools

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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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