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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
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR V004 4 TDX, TSX TDX-1, X-SAR 2008-06-12 to 2023-09-20

N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -70

100 Meters x 100 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from Optical Images V003 3 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, Terra TM, ETM+, OLI, ASTER 1985-03-01 to 2021-11-30

N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -70

100 Meters x 100 Meters GeoTIFF, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Monthly Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V005 5 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, OLI-2, C-SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2024-11-30

N: 83 S: 58.5 E: -8.32 W: -90.9

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Monthly Image Mosaics from MODIS V001 1 Aqua, Terra MODIS 2008-03-01 to 2016-09-30

N: 85 S: 57 E: 11 W: -109

100 Meters x 100 Meters<br>500 Meters x 500 Meters GeoTIFF
MEaSUREs Greenland Quarterly Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V005 5 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, OLI-2, C-SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2024-11-30

N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR 1979-01-02 to 2012-12-31

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Grounding Zone of the Antarctic Ice Sheet V001 1 COSMO-SKYMED, ERS-1, ERS-2, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B SAR, C-SAR 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31

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

100 Meters x 100 Meters Shapefile, GeoPackage
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map V002 2 ALOS, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, TDX, TSX PALSAR, ASAR, SAR, OLI, C-SAR 1996-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

450 Meters x 450 Meters netCDF-4
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity Maps of Central Antarctica: 1997 and 2009 V001 1 RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 SAR 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: -72 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

900 Meters x 900 Meters netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica V001 1 ALOS, ERS-1, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, TDX PALSAR, SAR 2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: -71.9876 S: -80.4614 E: 82.8345 W: -127.3826

450 Meters x 450 Meters netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII
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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
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