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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.

Cryosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
SnowEx21 Time Series Snow Pits V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS 2020-11-16 to 2021-05-27

N: 47.0607 S: 37.9071 E: -105.86093 W: -116.12351

CSV, Excel, JPEG
SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.5M Snow Depth and Canopy Height V001 1 CESSNA 206 Riegl Airborne Lidar 2022-03-11 to 2023-10-25

N: 70 S: 64.5 E: -148 W: -148.5

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters GeoTIFF
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

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

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

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

BIL
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
SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP Snow Pit Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, MICROSCOPES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS 2023-04-01 to 2023-04-18

N: 65.16124 S: 63.8631 E: -145.72673 W: -147.72499

CSV
SnowEx23 Apr23 Spectrometer Snow Surface Reflectance and Albedo, Version 1 V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2023-04-05 to 2023-05-05

N: 65.16127 S: 63.86191 E: -145.7231 W: -147.7298

CSV
SnowEx23 CRREL Ground Penetrating Radar V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPR 2023-03-08 to 2023-03-15

N: 68.64 S: 68.5257 E: -149.2186 W: -149.598

CSV
SnowEx23 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IRIS, IceCube, InfraSnow 2023-03-06 to 2023-03-16

N: 70.085 S: 68.528 E: -148.612 W: -149.597

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N: 65.155 S: 64.701 E: -147.4905 W: -148.291

CSV
SnowEx23 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Snow-off Data V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28

N: 70.084 S: 68.5284 E: -148.6127 W: -149.5964

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N: 65.1546 S: 64.701 E: -147.4906 W: -148.2902

1 Meters x 1 Meters 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
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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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