Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see …

Open access data to inform researchers, policymakers, and othersNSIDC’s data management programs focus on preserving and providing access to cryospheric data and related …

2024年12月4日 · The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has launched an upgraded and streamlined Sea Ice Today website. The new site replaces the Arctic Sea Ice News & …

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The data set landing page contains several sections, which can be navigated to via a convenient sidebar menu: Overview: A brief summary of the data set and what it contains, including …

Visualize NSIDC data in a particular region or explore various geophysical measurements of the cryosphere with the featured tools below. These tools are very popular among scientists, …

From data management and software development to scientific research, get the the basic rundown on what NSIDC does, and why our work is so important to advancing understanding …

Catch up on reports of Arctic sea ice conditions and view near-real-time data from both polar regions (formerly known as Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis). Read seasonal analysis of snow …

Search for and download NSIDC DAAC data using the earthaccess python package. This python-based Jupyter notebook also demonstrates geospatial operations to crop and resample one …

Advancing knowledge of Earth’s frozen regions since 1976 NSIDC's diverse group of experts have provided research and data management on the cryosphere for nearly 50 years.