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Ice sheets are masses of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles). There are only two ice sheets worldwide today, the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
Analyses | National Snow and Ice Data Center
2024年11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 & Analysis (ASINA) website but continues the NASA-funded work on near-real-time assessments, daily data images, and monthly analyses on sea ice conditions that began in 2007.
Data | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Open access data to inform researchers, policymakers, and othersNSIDC’s data management programs focus on preserving and providing access to cryospheric data and related geophysical data.
Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set
2024年9月24日 · On September 11, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles). The 2024 minimum is the seventh lowest in the nearly 46-year satellite record. The last 18 years, from 2007 to 2024, are the lowest 18 sea ice extents in the satellite record.
Get Started with NSIDC Data - National Snow and Ice Data Center
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 parameters, resolution, and other metadata. Data Access & Tools: Contains options for accessing the data, as well as tools to work with the data. Documentation: Links to …
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Visualize Data - National Snow and Ice Data Center
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, journalists, policymakers, and the general public alike, as they offer the best way to observe just some of the information that can be gained from the use of NSIDC data – without having to access, download and ...
Our Research | National Snow and Ice Data Center
— Credit: Agnieszka Gautier/NSIDC Areas of research. From the physical sciences to the social sciences, NSIDC scientists work on a diverse mixture of research projects that focus on various aspects of the cryosphere and how it impacts society, including snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, and more.
Data Programs - National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIDC’s data management programs focus on preserving, documenting and providing access to cryosphere and related geophysical data. NSIDC operates three core data management programs: the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), the NOAA program at NSIDC (NOAA@NSIDC), and Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA).
About NSIDC | National Snow and Ice Data Center
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 of Earth’s frozen regions. Scientists, software experts, creatives, and many others work together at NSIDC. Learn more ...