Future improvements include the transition of OpenAltimetry to ICESat-2 v007 data, which is expected to bring additional performance improvements through cloud optimization.

Using decades of satellite snow data from NASA’s NSIDC DAAC, researchers discovered that caribou in the Bathurst herd begin their epic migration just days after Arctic snowmelt begins—revealing a ...

Recent delivery from the US Navy of the SSMIS passive microwave data that several sea ice and brightness temperature products use has become more sporadic. The Defense Department has informed NSIDC ...

May sea ice extent in the Arctic averaged 12.56 million square kilometers (4.85 million square miles), tying with 2004 for seventh lowest on the 47-year satellite record. Antarctic sea ice extent for ...

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is pleased to announce the publication of two new data sets, the Near Real-Time MODIS/Terra L3 Global Daily ...

Home Data User Resources Data Announcements New data set release: International Ice Patrol Annual North Atlantic Iceberg Summaries and Reports, Version 1 ...

Access to SMAP Related data sets in the legacy, on-premises archive at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) will be retired on 1 July 2025. The ...

According to John Cassano, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), there is growing interest in atmospheric rivers, driven by recognition that they are changing. “In the ...

Effective May 5, 2025, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) will decommission its snow and ice data products from the Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics Science Division (COGS). As ...

April 2025 compared to previous years The downward linear trend in Arctic sea ice extent through 2025 for April is 35,100 square kilometers (13,600 square miles) per year or 2.4 percent per decade ...

Figure 1b. The graph above shows Arctic sea ice extent as of April 2, 2025, along with daily ice extent data for four previous years and the record low year. 2024 to 2025 is shown in blue, 2023 to ...

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.33 million square kilometers (5.53 million square miles) on March 22, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data ...