The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) will add 4 IceBridge data sets to NASA Earthdata Cloud on 14 August 2025, completing the migration of all ...

ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2 L4 Monthly Arctic Snow Depth and Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1 is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This ...

The study draws from multiple data sources: the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS); a 1996 study examining global ...

The following data set will continue to provide SSMIS data, along with AMSR2 data: ...

All NSIDC DAAC data, including SMAP data sets, in NASA Earthdata Cloud can be accessed via HTTPS through https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/collections/directory/NSIDC_CPRD/gov.nasa.eosdis .

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Surface melting on the Greenland Ice Sheet is on a slightly above-average track for the 2025 melt season, with melt along the western coast leading the way. Overall, total melt-day extent as of June ...

These data sets provide daily files of brightness temperature data and sea ice concentrations for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. These data products serve as a replacement for the ...

Update: DMSP SSMIS data processing has been extended through 31 July 2025. See the Earthdata: Status Update on DMSP Data Products for further details. The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

Using decades of satellite snow data from NASA’s NSIDC DAAC, researchers discovered that caribou in the Bathurst herd begin their epic migration just days after Arctic snowmelt begins—revealing a ...

May sea ice extent in the Arctic averaged 12.56 million square kilometers (4.85 million square miles), tying with 2004 for seventh lowest on the 47-year satellite record. Antarctic sea ice extent for ...

Arctic sea ice extent through most of April changed very little. Only at the end of the month did extent begin to decline. Because the month started with unusually low extent, however, the average ...