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Ice Extent Data Access and Tools
Data from NASA range from maps of sea ice extent to routinely updated global imagery. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to measure ice extent frequently and accurately.
Ice Extent Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
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| ABoVE: Ice Fraction of Small Water Bodies in the Arctic Coastal Plain, 2017-2023 | 1 | Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-1A | Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR | 2017-01-05 to 2023-12-28 |
N: 71.356 S: 68.8998 E: -140.188 W: -164.431 |
COG | |
| ALOS PALSAR High Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.0 Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.1 Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.5 Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ALOS PALSAR Level 2.2 Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ERS-1 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU | 1 | ERS-1 | AMI | 1992-01-01 to 1996-05-17 |
N: 88.2 S: -79.7 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.04 Decimal Degrees x 0.04 Decimal Degrees | RAW |
| ERS-1 Level 0 Product | 1 | ERS-1 | SAR | 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ERS-1 Level 1 Product | 1 | ERS-1 | SAR | 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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Ice Extent Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthdata Search | Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. | Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading | |
| 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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