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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, provides high-resolution, digital mosaics of ice motion in the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) and West Antarctica, including the Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Pope, Smith, and Kohler glaciers. The mosaics were assembled from interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR) data acquired in 1996, 2000, 2002, and 2006-2012 by various satellites.

See <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/measures/aiv">Antarctic Ice Sheet Velocity and Mapping Data</a> for related data.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS ,
ERS-1 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
RADARSAT-2 ,
TDX
Instruments
PALSAR ,
SAR
Spatial Extent

N: -71.9876 S: -80.4614 E: 82.8345 W: -127.3826

Spatial Resolution
450 Meters x 450 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031)
Location
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3291002482-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
13
Processing Level
3
Published
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

Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., & Scheuchl, B. (2014). MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0545.001 Date Accessed: 2026-04-27

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Calibrated sea level contribution from the Amundsen Sea sector, West Rosier, Sebastian H. R., Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar, Jenkins, Adrian, Naughten, Kaitlin A. Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Experimental design for the Marine Ice Sheet-Ocean Model Intercomparison De Rydt, Jan, Jourdain, Nicolas C., Nakayama, Yoshihiro, van Caspel, Mathias, Timmermann, Ralph, Mathiot, Pierre, Asay-Davis, Xylar S., Seroussi, Helene, Dutrieux, Pierre, Galton-Fenzi, Ben, Holland, David, Reese, Ronja Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity, Firn Air Content, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Growth/Melt, Mass Balance, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
A framework for time-dependent ice sheet uncertainty quantification Recinos, Beatriz, Goldberg, Daniel, Maddison, James R., Todd, Joe Ice Velocity
Inter-decadal climate variability induces differential ice response along Pacific-facing West Antarctica Christie, Frazer D. W., Steig, Eric J., Gourmelen, Noel, Tett, Simon F. B., Bingham, Robert G. Grounding Line, Basins, Coastline, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity
Migration of the Shear Margins at Thwaites Glacier: Dependence on Basal Summers, Paul T., Elsworth, Cooper W., Dow, Christine F., Suckale, Jenny Ice Velocity
Sea level rise from West Antarctic mass loss significantly modified by large snowfall anomalies Davison, Benjamin J., Hogg, Anna E., Rigby, Richard, Veldhuijsen, Sanne, van Wessem, Jan Melchior, van den Broeke, Michiel R., Holland, Paul R., Selley, Heather L., Dutrieux, Pierre Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity
Widespread slowdown in thinning rates of West Antarctic ice shelves Paolo, Fernando S., Gardner, Alex S., Greene, Chad A., Nilsson, Johan, Schodlok, Michael P., Schlegel, Nicole-Jeanne, Fricker, Helen A. Ice Velocity, Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Firn Air Content, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Growth/Melt, Mass Balance
Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment Lhermitte, Stef, Sun, Sainan, Shuman, Christopher, Wouters, Bert, Pattyn, Frank, Wuite, Jan, Berthier, Etienne, Nagler, Thomas Grounding Line, Ice Velocity
Intermittent structural weakening and acceleration of the Thwaites Glacier Tongue between 2000 and 2018 Miles, B. W. J., Stokes, C. R., Jenkins, A., Jordan, J. R., Jamieson, S. S. R., Gudmundsson, G. H. Ice Velocity
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