User Resources

With over 1500 data sets to choose from, it can be hard to know where to begin. Read this easy-to-read tutorial on how to navigate this website to discover and work with data, as well as frequently asked questions about tools and resources.

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Learn more about how to access, search, visualize, and use our data.

Explore tools, interactive tutorials and web services for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing NSIDC data.

Explore our technical document library which includes data set user guides and technical references for understanding NSIDC data.

Learn about the different levels of service NSIDC provides data users and how to identify the level of service for each data product.

Connect with other researchers in this online forum for NASA's scientific data user community as well as subject matter experts from NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs).