Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low in the 47-year satellite data record. Extent was below average everywhere ...

In November 2021, snow in South Greenland shrouded the ground when heavy rain fell, forming an ice crust and stranding hundreds of sheep in the rugged terrain. Most perished following this ...

Snow-covered area in March across the western United States was 8 percent below average, ranking seventeenth in the 25-year satellite record. Snow cover duration was just above the twenty-fifth ...

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 1 (Collection 1) data sets was retired from the NSIDC DAAC on April 8, 2025. Data from Collection 1 is no longer accessible, but all ...

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Coastal and Nearshore Bathymetry, Version 1 is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set ...

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. Other ...

The Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) file format was developed by the Unidata project at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a set of ...

Version 2 of IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This new ...

Dear data users, NSIDC does not archive or provide citation guidance for these data. This data set includes chemistry, ion, and istotope data from Taylor Dome, part of the East Antarctic ice sheet.