ICESat-2's data is free and accessible to scientists and the public through the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
In the table below, we have provided access to the data tools and access portals currently available. You can also read more about these tools on the NSIDC Tools webpage.
| Tools and services | Brief description | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| CryoCloud | Cloud-based processing/jupyter notebooks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBNPuVEG4lE |
| SlideRule | Jupyter notebook tutorials with On-demand science processing |
Products supported: ATL03, ATL06, ATL08, ATL24 Includes web service with APIs for processing science data and returning results. |
| Icepyx | Open-source software library and community of data users and developers | Use with complimentary GitHub Repositories |
| Open Altimetry | Map-based data visualization and discovery tool | Products supported: ATL06, ATL07, ATL08, ATL10, ATL12, ATL13 |
| ICESat-2 Hackweeks | Tutorials in jupyter notebooks for data processing and visualization | 2019 - 2024 |
| Openscapes Cloud Cookbook | Supports cloud-based workflows for Earthdata | Requires an Earthdata login |
| NSIDC | Hosts data products derived from ICESat and ICESat-2 | Data access; Requires an Earthdata login |
| NASA Earthdata | Search and access data from all NASA DAACs including ICESat-2 | Data access; Requires an Earthdata login |
| Earthaccess | Python library to search, download, and stream NASA Earth science data | Data access; Requires an Earthdata login |