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Snow/Ice Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS), Snow Today, and Worldview guide users in making the most of snow and ice data.

Snow/Ice Datasets

Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
MEaSUREs Greenland Quarterly Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V005 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, OLI-2, C-SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2024-11-30 GREENLAND, POLAR, ARCTIC GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 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 GREENLAND netCDF-4
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map V002 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 ANTARCTICA, POLAR netCDF-4
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity Maps of Central Antarctica: 1997 and 2009 V001 RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 SAR 1997-09-09 to 1997-10-20, 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31 ANTARCTICA netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica V001 ALOS, ERS-1, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, TDX PALSAR, SAR 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31, 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31, 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31, 2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31 ANTARCTICA netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII
MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Antarctic Annual 240 m Ice Sheet Extent Masks, 1997-2021 V001 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1997-10-01 to 2021-03-14 ANTARCTICA netCDF-4
MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Landsat Image-Pair Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities V001 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1982-11-12 to 2019-04-27 GLOBAL LAND netCDF-4
MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities V002 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B TM, ETM+, OLI, OLI-2, C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 1984-01-01 to 2022-12-31 ALASKA, CANADA, ANTARCTICA, GREENLAND, HIMALAYAS netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic V001 ALOS, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, TSX PALSAR, SAR, OLI 1995-12-01 to 2015-10-31 GREENLAND GeoTIFF, JPEG
MEaSUREs Multi-year Reference Velocity Maps of the Antarctic Ice Sheet V001 ALOS, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX PALSAR, ASAR, SAR, OLI, C-SAR, X-SAR 2014-07-01 to 2017-06-30, 2007-07-01 to 2009-06-30, 1995-07-01 to 2001-06-30 ANTARCTICA netCDF-4
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Snow/Ice Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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
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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