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On Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (USA Mountain Time), AMSR-E, ICESat/GLAS, MODIS, and NISE data are normally unavailable for ordering due to system maintenance.


The amount of time each data product remains in the Data Pool depends on subscriptions. These can be extended upon request; for example, if user interest increases due to unusual weather activity or snow events in the area covered by the subscription. Contact NSIDC User Services if you have custom requests.

Note that the contents of the Data Pool will not match the contents of the Warehouse Inventory Search Tool (WIST). If you cannot find the data you want in the Data Pool archives, try searching the WIST. Missing granules cannot be inserted into the Data Pool archive.

Earth Science Data Type Version Description Retention Period
AMSREL1A
002
AMSR-E/Aqua L1A Raw Observation Counts
75 days
AE_L2A
002
AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures (Tb)
Indefinite
AE_Land
001
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids
Indefinite
AE_Land
002
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids
Indefinite
AE_Land3
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Surface Soil Moisture, Interpretive Parms,& QC EASE-Grids
Indefinite
AE_Rain
001
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm
Indefinite
AE_Rain
002
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm
Indefinite
AE_RnGd
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 5x5 deg Rainfall Accumulations
75 days
AE_Ocean
001
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm
Indefinite
AE_Ocean
002
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm
Indefinite
AE_DyOcn
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids
75 days
AE_WkOcn
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Weekly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids
75 days
AE_MoOcn
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids
75 days
AE_DySno
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
Indefinite
AE_5DSno
001
AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
75 days
AE_MoSno
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids
75 days
AE_SI6
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) Polar Grids
75 days
AE_SI12
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Conc., & Snow Depth Polar Grids
Indefinite
AE_SI25
001
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 25 km Tb, Sea Ice Temperature, & Sea Ice Conc. Polar Grids
75 days
GLA01
028
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Altimetry Data
Indefinite
GLA02
028
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Atmosphere Data
Indefinite
GLA03
028
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Engineering Data
Indefinite
GLA04
028
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Laser Pointing Data
Indefinite
GLA05
028
GLAS/ICESat L1A Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data
Indefinite
GLA06
028
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data
Indefinite
GLA07
028
GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Backscatter Data
Indefinite
GLA08
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Planetary Boundary Layer and Elevated Aerosol Layer Heights
Indefinite
GLA09
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds
Indefinite
GLA10
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Aerosol Vertical Structure Data
Indefinite
GLA11
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data
Indefinite
GLA12
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet Altimetry Data
Indefinite
GLA13
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Sea Ice Altimetry Data
Indefinite
GLA14
028
GLAS/ICEsat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data
Indefinite
GLA15
028
GLAS/ICESat L2 Ocean Altimetry Data
Indefinite
MOD10_L2
004
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m
30 days
MOD10_L2
005
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m
Indefinite
MOD10A1
004
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
Indefinite
MOD10A1
005
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
Indefinite
MOD10A2
004
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
Indefinite
MOD10A2
005
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
Indefinite
MOD10C1
004
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MOD10C1
005
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MOD10C2
004
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MOD10C2
005
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MOD10CM
005
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MOD29
004
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km
30 days
MOD29
005
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km
Indefinite
MOD29E1D
004
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day
30 days
MOD29E1D
005
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day
Indefinite
MOD29P1D
004
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day
30 days
MOD29P1D
005
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day
Indefinite
MOD29P1N
004
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night
30 days
MOD29P1N
005
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night
Indefinite
MYD10_L2
004
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m
30 days
MYD10_L2
005
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m
Indefinite
MYD10A1
004
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
30 days
MYD10A1
005
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
Indefinite
MYD10A2
004
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
30 days
MYD10A2
005
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m ISIN Grid
Indefinite
MYD10C1
004
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
30 days
MYD10C1
005
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MYD10C2
004
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
30 days
MYD10C2
005
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MYD10CM
005
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG
Indefinite
MYD29
004
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km
30 days
MYD29
005
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km
Indefinite
MYD29E1D
004
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day
30 days
MYD29E1D
005
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day
Indefinite
MYD29P1D
004
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day
30 days
MYD29P1D
005
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day
Indefinite
MYD29P1N
004
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night
30 days
MYD29P1N
005
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night
Indefinite
NISE
002
Near Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent
Indefinite

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