Repository details

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Name of repository
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Additional name(s)
  • NSIDC
  • World Data Center for Glaciology
  • WDC for Glaciology
  • WDC - CU
Repository URL
https://nsidc.org/data/
Subject(s)
Description
NSIDC offers hundreds of scientific data sets for research, focusing on the cryosphere and its interactions. Data are from satellites and field observations. All data are free of charge.
Contact
Content type(s)
Certificates and Standards
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • RRID:SCR_002220
  • RRID:nlx_154742
Repository size
1351 data sets
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://nsidc.org/about/about-nsidc/what-we-do
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Additional name(s)
  • CIRES
  • NSIDC
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:00bdqav06
  • RRID:SCR_002220
  • RRID:nlx_154742
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1976
Institution name
EarthCube Council of Data Facilities
Additional name(s)
  • CDF
Contact(s)
  • ec-info@earthcube.org
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NASA
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:027ka1x80
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1982
Institution name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NOAA
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02z5nhe81
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1982
Institution name
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:021nxhr62
  • RRID:SCR_012938
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1982
Institution name
University of Colorado Boulder
Additional name(s)
  • CU Boulder
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02ttsq026
  • RRID:SCR_003114
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Data Policies
Policy Name
Core data management principles

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration
  • institutional membership
  • other

Data licenses (3)

DataLicense
Copyrights
DataLicense
other
DataLicense
CC0

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
submit data
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Data citation guideline
https://nsidc.org/about/data-use-and-copyright
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (2)

API type
FTP
API type
OpenDAP

Metadata standards (3)

Metadata standard name
DIF - Directory Interchange Format
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
FGDC/CSDGM - Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Alerting services (2)

Type of alerting service
RSS
Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
The repo was certified by CTS from 24.03.2020 to 24.03.2023; WDC - CU is a regular member of ICSU World Data System. NSIDC is covered by Clarivate Data Citation Index. The World Data Center (WDC) for Glaciology, Boulder, a data center responsible for archiving all available glaciological information, was established at the American Geographical Society In 1982, NOAA created the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) as a means to expand the WDC holdings and as a place to archive data from some NOAA programs. In 1976, responsibility for the WDC for Glaciology was transferred to NOAA, Environmental Data and Information Service (EDIS), and the center moved to the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1957. Between 1971 and 1976 it was operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, Glaciology Project Office.
Entry date
2012-11-21
Last update
2023-11-28
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re3data.org: National Snow and Ice Data Center; editing status 2023-11-28; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3HP4V last accessed: 2024-10-12