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IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles V002 2 C-130, DC-8, DHC-3, G-V, P-3B, WP-3D ORION SNOW RADAR 2009-03-31 to 2021-05-13

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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

netCDF-4, XML, JPEG
IceBridge WISE L2 Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation V001 1 DHC-3 WISE 2012-03-16 to 2012-03-26

N: 61.7 S: 58.7 E: -137.1 W: -148.6

CSV
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Ice Snow Product in Native Data Format 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9 AVHRR 1983-07-03 to 2009-12-28 Binary
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D1 3-Hourly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

ASCII Grid
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
KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

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: 39.17614 S: 38.86785 E: -108.03228 W: -108.2981

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N: 48.67272 S: 48.48144 E: -120.993 W: -121.20371

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N: 48.44172 S: 48.26972 E: -120.93261 W: -121.17953

GeoTIFF
Level-4 9ka Greenland Ice Sheet Balance Velocity V001 1 DC-8, P-3B ACORDS, ICORDS, MCRDS, MCoRDS 1993-06-23 to 2013-04-26

N: 81.51 S: 58.91 E: 6.62 W: -88.33

5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers netCDF-4
Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15

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

multiple
MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps V001 1 ALOS, ENVISAT, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX PALSAR, ASAR, OLI, SAR, C-SAR 2005-07-01 to 2025-06-30

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR V001 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2015-01-01 to 2021-02-03

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR V002 2 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2015-01-01 to 2025-12-27

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

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Annual Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V001 1 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, C-SAR, SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2018-11-30

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

500 Meters x 500 Meters
200 Meters x 200 Meters 		GeoTIFF, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Annual Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V002 2 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, C-SAR, SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2019-11-30

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Annual Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V003 3 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, C-SAR, SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2020-11-30

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Annual Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat V004 4 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX OLI, C-SAR, SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2021-11-30

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

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Annual 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, SAR, X-SAR 2014-12-01 to 2023-11-30

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

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data V001 1 ALOS, RADARSAT-1, TSX PALSAR, SAR 2008-12-01 to 2009-02-28

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

500 Meters x 500 Meters GeoTIFF
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data V002 2 ALOS, RADARSAT-1, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX PALSAR, SAR, C-SAR 2012-11-10 to 2013-04-05

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

200 Meters x 200 Meters
500 Meters x 500 Meters 		GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Single-Pair Velocity Maps from Optical Images V001 1 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to 2025-12-31

N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -72

100 Meters x 100 Meters netCDF-4, GeoPackage, CSV
MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR V001 1 TSX SAR 2009-01-26 to 2020-01-10

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 InSAR V002 2 TSX X-SAR 2008-06-12 to 2020-06-30

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 InSAR V003 3 TSX X-SAR 2008-06-12 to 2021-05-12

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

100 Meters x 100 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG
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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
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