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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
SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP HyLab Airborne Surface Spectral Reflectance V001 1 AIRCRAFT SPECTROMETERS 2023-04-20 to 2023-04-20

N: 65.1702045 S: 64.8598472 E: -147.4506291 W: -147.7491983

BSQ
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

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

CSV
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.1 Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23

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

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
High Mountain Asia 2 m DEM, Surface Velocity, and Lagrangian Surface Mass Balance for Select Debris Covered Glaciers V001 1 GEOEYE-1, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 GIS, WV60, WV110 2012-12-23 to 2017-12-22

N: 28.39 S: 28.2 E: 85.77 W: 85.51

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N: 28.12 S: 27.85 E: 87 W: 86.64

2 Meters x 2 Meters GeoTIFF
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Summary Ice Concentration Rankings from ML analysis of SBAND Images Fall 2022 1 Ships RADAR 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-30

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

netCDF-4
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

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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
Snow Properties and Wildlife Tracks in Washington and Alaska 1 FIELD SURVEYS PENETROMETERS 2021-01-09 to 2023-03-13

N: 63.9688 S: 48.0523 E: -117.172 W: -150.008

CSV
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity Maps of Central Antarctica: 1997 and 2009 V001 1 RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 SAR 1997-09-09 to 1997-10-20, 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31

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

900 Meters x 900 Meters netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII
ISLSCP II Northern Hemisphere Monthly Snow Cover Extent 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
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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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