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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, contains seasonal (winter) ice-sheet-wide velocity maps for Greenland derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data obtained by RADARSAT-1, the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), and the TerraSAR-X satellite.

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
TSX
Instruments
PALSAR ,
SAR
Spatial Extent

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

Spatial Resolution
500 Meters x 500 Meters
Location
GREENLAND ,
ARCTIC ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2008-12-01 to 2009-02-28
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3291175950-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Ice Velocity

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Joughin, I., Smith, B., Howat, I., & Scambos, T. (2010). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0478.001 Date Accessed: 2026-08-27

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