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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 Greenland outlet glacier terminus positions created from MEaSUREs Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mosaics and Landsat 8 OLI imagery.

See <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/measures/gimp">Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GrIMP)</a> for related data.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-8 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
Sentinel-1A ,
Sentinel-1B
Instruments
OLI ,
SAR ,
C-SAR
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)
Location
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-01-21 to 2015-03-31
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3291956143-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Glacier Extent

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., Moon, T., Joughin, J., & Black, T. (2015). MEaSUREs Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/DC0MLBOCL3EL Date Accessed: 2026-08-08

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Calving front monitoring at a subseasonal resolution: a deep learning application for Greenland glaciers Loebel, Erik, Scheinert, Mirko, Horwath, Martin, Humbert, Angelika, Sohn, Julia, Heidler, Konrad, Liebezeit, Charlotte, Zhu, Xiao Xiang Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Extent
Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of Greenland Ice Sheet model simulations Felikson, Denis, Nowicki, Sophie, Nias, Isabel, Csatho, Beata, Schenk, Anton, Croteau, Michael J., Loomis, Bryant Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Extent
Modeling the Greenland Ice Sheet's Committed Contribution to Sea Level During the 21st Century Nias, Isabel J., Nowicki, Sophie, Felikson, Denis, Loomis, Bryant Ice Velocity, Glacier Extent
Brief communication: Preliminary ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2) measurements of outlet glaciers reveal heterogeneous patterns of ... Taubenberger, Christian J., Felikson, Denis, Neumann, Thomas Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Extent
The contribution of Humboldt Glacier, northern Greenland, to sea-level rise through 2100 constrained by recent observations of speedup and retreat Hillebrand, Trevor R., Hoffman, Matthew J., Perego, Mauro, Price, Stephen F., Howat, Ian M. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Density, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Salinity, Conductivity, Surface Morphology, Ice Velocity, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Glacier Extent
Multi-decadal retreat of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in northwest and central-west Greenland Black, Taryn E., Joughin, Ian Ice Velocity, Radar Backscatter, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Extent
Calving Front Machine (CALFIN): glacial termini dataset and automated deep learning extraction method for Greenland, 19722019 Cheng, Daniel, Hayes, Wayne, Larour, Eric, Mohajerani, Yara, Wood, Michael, Velicogna, Isabella, Rignot, Eric Glacier Extent
Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century Choi, Youngmin, Morlighem, Mathieu, Rignot, Eric, Wood, Michael Glacier Extent
Steep Glacier Bed Knickpoints Mitigate Inland Thinning in Greenland Felikson, Denis, A. Catania, Ginny, Bartholomaus, Timothy C., Morlighem, Mathieu, Noel, Brice P. Y. Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Extent
SERMeQ Model Produces a Realistic Upper Bound on Calving Retreat for 155 Greenland Outlet Glaciers Ultee, Lizz, Bassis, Jeremy N. Ice Velocity, Glacier Extent
Rapid Reconfiguration of the Greenland Ice Sheet Coastal Margin Moon, Twila A., Gardner, Alex S., Csatho, Beata, Parmuzin, Ivan, Fahnestock, Mark A. Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity, Glacier Extent
Estimating Greenland tidewater glacier retreat driven by submarine melting Slater, Donald A., Straneo, Fiamma, Felikson, Denis, Little, Christopher M., Goelzer, Heiko, Fettweis, Xavier, Holte, James Glacier Extent
Disappearing World Heritage Glaciers as a Keystone of Nature Bosson, J.B., Huss, M., Osipova, E. Ice Edges, Surface Morphology, Glacier Extent
Greenland Ice Mapping Project: ice flow velocity variation at sub-monthly to decadal timescales Joughin, Ian, Smith, Ben E., Howat, Ian Ice Velocity, Glacier Extent
The impact of glacier geometry on meltwater plume structure and Carroll, D., Sutherland, D. A., Hudson, B., Moon, T., Catania, G. A., Shroyer, E. L., Nash, J. D., Bartholomaus, T. C., Felikson, D., Stearns, L. A., Noel, B. P. Y., van den Broeke, M. R. Glacier Extent
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