Definition of National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

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National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

The term 'National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is an information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric research. They distribute data and maintain information about snow cover, avalanches, glaciers, ice sheets, freshwater ice, sea ice, ground ice, permafrost, atmospheric ice, paleoglaciology, and ice cores, and also publish reports and a quarterly newsletter and maintain a collection of monographs, technical reports, and journals. See NSIDC web site'.

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