Repository details

NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at National Snow & Ice Data Center

Name of repository
NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at National Snow & Ice Data Center
Additional name(s)
  • NASA DAAC at NSIDC
  • DAAC
Repository URL
https://nsidc.org/data/data-programs/nsidc-daac
Subject(s)
Description
The NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) processes, archives, documents, and distributes data from NASA's past and current Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites and field measurement programs. The NSIDC DAAC focuses on the study of the cryosphere. The NSIDC DAAC is one of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Data Centers.
Contact
  • nsidc@nsidc.org
Content type(s)
Certificates and Standards
Keyword(s)
Repository size
1.352 datasets
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://nsidc.org/data/data-programs/nsidc-daac/about-daac
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System
Additional name(s)
  • EOSDIS
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
  • RRID:SCR_011426
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • 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
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Additional name(s)
  • NSIDC
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:00bxr0z07
  • RRID:SCR_002220
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1982
Institution name
University of Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Additional name(s)
  • CIRES
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:00bdqav06
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1982

Policies (4)

Policy Name
CoreTrustSeal Assessment
Policy Name
Data Rights and Related Issues
Policy Name
NSIDC Archive policies
Policy Name
NSIDC data policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (3)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
embargoed
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • other

Data licenses (3)

DataLicense
other
DataLicense
other
DataLicense
Public Domain

Data upload (1)

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

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
NSIDC DAAC Data Acceptance Plan
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/get-started-nsidc-data
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (2)

API type
OpenDAP
API type
REST

Metadata standards (3)

Metadata standard name
DIF - Directory Interchange Format
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Remarks

Remarks
The NSIDC DAAC is one of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Data Centers. Each data center serves one or more specific Earth science disciplines and provides its user community with data products, data information, user services, and tools unique to its particular science. Each data center is also guided by a User Working Group (UWG) in identifying and generating these needed data products. NSIDC DAAC is a regular member of ICSU World Data System.
Entry date
2012-10-09
Last update
2024-01-10
Back to search
Submit a change request
Get a badge
The DataCite logo

Cite this re3data.org record:

re3data.org: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at National Snow & Ice Data Center; editing status 2024-01-10; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3NC74 last accessed: 2024-04-20