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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
ERS-2 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

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

ABoVE: CO2 and CH4 Fluxes and Meteorology at Flux Tower Sites, Alaska, 2015-2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS PROBES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, PYRANOMETERS 2015-01-01 to 2017-03-09

N: 71.282 S: 68.4864 E: -155.75 W: -157.41

CSV
SENTINEL-1B_SINGLE_POL_GRD_MEDIUM_RES 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

BOREAS RSS-08 Snow Maps Derived from Landsat TM Imagery 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1993-01-18 to 1994-02-06

N: 54.78 S: 52.9 E: -103.43 W: -106.91

Binary
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) 2000 Image Mosaic V001 1 LANDSAT-7, RADARSAT-1 ETM+, SAR 1999-06-30 to 2002-09-04

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

15 Meters x 15 Meters<br>30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF, ASCII
SnowEx23 Mar22 IOP Snow Depth Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS MAGNAPROBE 2022-03-08 to 2022-03-23

N: 70.085 S: 64.699 E: -147.49 W: -149.597

CSV
SnowEx17 Snow Depth from Time-Lapse Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2016-10-01 to 2017-06-01

N: 39.055 S: 39.007 E: -107.934 W: -108.216

CSV
ALOS_PALSAR_LEVEL2.2 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23

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

SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_HIGH_RES 1 SENTINEL-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

High Mountain Asia COAWST Daily 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
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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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