NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)
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NASA joined with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deliver data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) spacecraft. Launched in 2011, NPP carries the replacement for MODIS: the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
NSIDC developed the IceBridge Data Portal for users to see the flight lines and their collected data sets in 2011. Recent updates have improved the portal.
Researchers at NSIDC and their colleagues have developed a way to improve sea ice edge forecasts in the Arctic. The new method bumps up the accuracy of the six-hour forecast by almost 40 percent, making forecasts more reliable and navigation in the Arctic safer.
Observing sea ice from space is sometimes tricky. Scientists adjust for such misinterpretations by creating masks based on previous sea ice conditions to conceal problem areas and highlight areas they know contain valid ice. At NSIDC, scientists recently discovered their sea ice masks for passive microwave satellites could use a fresh update.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is well known for its data on frozen parts of the Earth. But soon, it will have data on something more warm-blooded.
On January 31, 2015, NASA launched the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, which will produce global maps of soil moisture.