NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Rutgers Northern Hemisphere 24 km Weekly Snow Cover Extent, September 1980 Onward, Version 1 data s ...

A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

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Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on ...

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Note: To select a different data set, close this window (or tab) and navigate to the data set landing page you want. GLAH07 Level-1B global backscatter data are provided at full instrument resolution.

Note: To select a different data set, close this window (or tab) and navigate to the data set landing page you want. The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified Level-3 25 km product provides sea ice concentration ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

The monthly Sea Ice Index provides a quick look at Arctic-wide changes in sea ice. It is a source for consistently processed ice extent and concentration images and data values since 1979. Monthly ...