Users may search for data in NSIDC's entire online data catalog using the NSIDC Data Search tool, or you may want to use one of the specialized search and access tools listed below, which will help you discover, visualize, access, or search-and-order certain data without searching NSIDC's entire online catalog.
Map Services
Atlas of the Cryosphere
Dynamic mapping Web site that allows the visitor to explore the Earth’s
frozen regions.
Antarctic Cryosphere Access Portal (A-CAP) (Beta version)
A-CAP is a geo-visualization tool for NSIDC's Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC) data and other Antarctic-wide parameters.
GLIMS Glacier Database
Unique inventory of critical information about glaciers, with both a
Web mapping service and a text search interface.
MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) Image
Map
Web-based map server that can create manually-selected JPEG images of
the Antarctic continent and surrounding islands.
Virtual Globes
Data-based images overlaid on an interactive virtual globe using Google
Earth™.
Photograph & Information Databases
Glacier Photograph Collection
Searchable database of glacier photographs, including special collections
of glacier photograph pairs.
World Glacier Inventory
Searchable inventory of glacier names, number, location, and other information.
Search-and-Order Interfaces
Reverb
Search for and order data from NSIDC and other Distributed Active Archive
Centers (DAACs). Allows FTP distribution, subsetting, and provides browse images.
Data Pool
The Data Pool provides direct FTP access to NSIDC's complete archive of AMSR-E, ICESat/GLAS, MODIS, and NISE products. A simple Web search interface
helps you quickly locate data of interest.
MODIS Interactive Subsetting Tool (MIST)
Search for and receive certain Version 5 (V005) MODIS data products over the Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) and the International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) stations. MIST also provides limited online analysis capabilities that include generating time series and scatter plots.
Polaris
Polaris allows for searching and receiving our data with our new infrastructure that supports users finding and browsing actual data holdings online. It serves as a navigation point for limited NSIDC data sets adding subsetting, reformatting, and reprojecting capabilities.
SAGE
The Services for Analysis of the Greenland Environment (SAGE) adds analysis capabilities and a unique interface for specific Greenland data sets. It is a tool designed to help scientists access, integrate, and analyze data related to the history and status of Greenland's ice sheet in real time using timeseries, scatterplot, histogram, and box and whisker plots.
