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NSIDC Permafrost and Frozen Ground Data
NSIDC consolidated permafrost datasets including circum-Arctic permafrost maps, active layer thickness, borehole temperatures, and GTN-P synthesis products.
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Arctic and alpine permafrost regions
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
What's inside
- Permafrost
- Cryosphere
- Temperature
- Climate
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Temperature
- 02
Future water
Estimate water availability under future scenarios.
- 03
Melt runoff
Forecast snowmelt contributions to rivers.
Because it has: Permafrost
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
- 02
Emulators
Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.
- 03
Cloud-free snow maps
Fill snow cover hidden by cloud with ML.
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