Operation IceBridge

The answer is yes! There are several ways to programmatically access NSIDC data products and metadata using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). We also provide the ability to access data using an FTP client.

There are two quick start video tutorials listed in the IceBridge Portal application itself. One explains how to discover and order data. The other provides an introduction to the map interface.

This article describes the Arctic and Antarctic projections used for gridded Operation IceBridge data sets. Arctic The standard projection parameters for Northern Hemisphere Operation IceBridge data are:

During the first IceBridge campaign for this data set (2009 Antarctica), the camera was flown in a demonstration mode. Input from the science community requested that panchromatic data be collected - so as to maximize grey-level possibility. The panchromatic data are 1-band data.

Many NSIDC DAAC data sets can be accessed using NSIDC DAAC's Data Access Tool. This tool provides the ability to search and filter data with spatial and temporal constraints using a map-based interface.Users have the option to:

Learn about the various ways you can find NSIDC DAAC IceBridge data.

To convert HDF5 files into binary format you will need to use the h5dump utility, which is part of the HDF5 distribution available from the HDF Group. How you install HDF5 depends on your operating system.

This guide will provide an overview of the altimetry measurements and data sets across the missions, as well as a guide for accessing the data through NASA Earthdata Search and programmatically using an Application Programming Interface (API).

All data from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is directly accessible through our HTTPS file system using Wget or curl. This article provides basic command line instructions for accessing data using this method.