NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)
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In September 2019, the research vessel Polarstern set off to drift with sea ice and study all aspects of the Arctic climate system for 13 months. NSIDC scientist Julienne Strove joined the international team of researchers on the coldest, darkest portion of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC). This is how she prepared.
A new visualization tool, the Sea Ice Analysis Tool, has just been added to the NSIDC Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis (ASINA) website that helps users customize the satellite data further, creating graphs or maps that show changes based on their chosen criteria.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has just released a catalogue of benchmark data sets, including four from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), to promote as trusted data sources, simplify user access and support global policy
NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) was launched September 15, 2018, to measure surface heights of ice sheets, glaciers, ice shelves, sea ice, and even forests. The information it provides will enable scientists to monitor
NSIDC researcher Kevin Schaefer leads the Remotely Sensed Active Layer Thickness (ReSALT) project to develop a way to monitor the active layer in permafrost remotely, using a combination of satellite, aircraft, and ground-based data, as part of the NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE).
Before the satellite era, remote polar environments made ground- or ship-based research difficult, and sea ice was one of the least understood aspects of Earth’s climate system. Now, sea ice data is literally at our fingertips. The journey to such convenience was not easy.