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The Cryosphere: Where the World is Frozen
   
 

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NSIDC distributes information that we call data products. Our data products provide measurements and information about a range of topics. Several of our data products show the amount of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic over the last few decades. Most of these data products are based on satellite data that cover a large area at once. We also provide historic observations of sea ice from ships, maps, and ocean buoys. These types of data cover smaller regions than satellite data. We are a NASA archive for data related to ice extent, concentration, temperature, motion, thickness, and dates of snow melt onset over sea ice.

See Also
Sea Ice Products at NSIDC : A complete list and detailed technical descriptions of each data product..
NSIDC's Cryosphere at a Glance : A daily view of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent and concentration.
Related Links
Atlas of Antarctic Sea Ice Drift : Digital record of sea ice motion around Antarctica provided by the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB).
ASPeCt database: The Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate program provides field and remote sensing data from the Antarctic sea ice zone.

 


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