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Description

This data set consists of an enhanced resolution digital elevation model (DEM) for the Greenland Ice Sheet. It was constructed by combining ASTER and SPOT 5 DEMs over the ice sheet periphery and margin with AVHRR photoclinometry for the interior and far north, and calibrating the data to approximate mean ICESat/GLAS elevations from 2003 to 2009.

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

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
ICESat ,
NOAA-14 ,
SPOT-5 ,
Terra
Instruments
GLAS ,
AVHRR-2 ,
HRS ,
ASTER
Projects
MEaSUREs
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
30 Meters x 30 Meters
90 Meters x 90 Meters
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
2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3291956320-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
74
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation

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.

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Howat, I., Negrete, A., & Smith, B. (2015). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Digital Elevation Model, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/NV34YUIXLP9W Date Accessed: 2026-10-06

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Stable sediment plumes despite tidewater glacier retreat in a south Greenland fjord
  • Baratta, Sydney J. N., Schild, Kristin M., KarpBoss, Lee, Boss, Emmanuel, Jiang, Binbin, Tavora, Juliana
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  • Moon, Taylor D., Harper, Joel T., Hossan, Alamgir, Colliander, Andreas
Smoothed monthly Greenland ice sheet elevation changes during 20032023
  • Khan, Shfaqat A., Seroussi, Helene, Morlighem, Mathieu, Colgan, William, Helm, Veit, Cheng, Gong, Berg, Danjal, Barletta, Valentina R., Larsen, Nicolaj K., Kochtitzky, William, van den Broeke, Michiel, Kjr, Kurt H., Aschwanden, Andy, Noel, Brice, Box, Jason E., MacGregor, Joseph A., Fausto, Robert S., Mankoff, Kenneth D., Howat, Ian M., Oniszk, Kuba, Fahrner, Dominik, Lkkegaard, Anja, Lippert, Eigil Y. H., Bratner, Alicia, Hassan, Javed
Influence of Ocean Waters in Retreat Episodes of a West Greenland
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Ilulissat Icefjord Upper-Layer Circulation Patterns Revealed Through
  • Baratta, Sydney J. N., Schild, Kristin M., Sutherland, David A.
Application of a regularised Coulomb sliding law to Jakobshavn Isbr, western Greenland
  • Trevers, Matt, Payne, Antony J., Cornford, Stephen L.
Impacts of differing melt regimes on satellite radar waveforms and elevation retrievals
  • Ronan, Alexander C., Hawley, Robert L., Chipman, Jonathan W.
Modeling a Century of Change: Kangerlussuaq Glacier's Mass Loss From 1933 to 2021
  • Lippert, E. Y. H., Morlighem, M., Cheng, G., Khan, S. A.
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  • Krampe, Daniela, Kauker, Frank, Dumont, Marie, Herber, Andreas
An empirical algorithm to map perennial firn aquifers and ice slabs within the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite L-band microwave radiometry
  • Miller, Julie Z., Culberg, Riley, Long, David G., Shuman, Christopher A., Schroeder, Dustin M., Brodzik, Mary J.
Processing methodology for the ITS_LIVE Sentinel-1 ice velocity products
  • Lei, Yang, Gardner, Alex S., Agram, Piyush
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Analysis of Earth's Ionosphere Effects on Englacial Layering Detectability in Spaceborne Radar Sounders Data
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Analysis of ice-sheet temperature profiles from low-frequency airborne remote sensing
  • Jezek, Kenneth C., Yardim, Caglar, Johnson, Joel T., Macelloni, Giovanni, Brogioni, Marco
High resolution species distribution and abundance models cannot predict separate shrub datasets in adjacent Arctic fjords
  • Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, NabeNielsen, Jacob, Assmann, Jakob Johan, Dyrholm Jacobsen, Ida Bomholt, Gueguen, Maya, Normand, Signe, Wipf, Sonja
Multi-decadal elevation changes of the land terminating sector of West Greenland
  • Saito, Jun, Meierbachtol, Toby, Harper, Joel
Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup
  • Akesson, Henning, Morlighem, Mathieu, Nilsson, Johan, Stranne, Christian, Jakobsson, Martin
Quantifying the Stable Water Isotopologue Exchange Between the Snow Surface and Lower Atmosphere by Direct Flux Measurements
  • Wahl, S., SteenLarsen, H. C., Reuder, J., Horhold, M.
Seasonal evolution of basal environment conditions of Russell sector, West Greenland, inverted from satellite observation of surface flow
  • Derkacheva, Anna, Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien, Mouginot, Jeremie, Jager, Eliot, Maier, Nathan, Cook, Samuel
Greenland ice velocity maps from the PROMICE project
  • Solgaard, Anne, Kusk, Anders, Merryman Boncori, John Peter, Dall, Jrgen, Mankoff, Kenneth D., Ahlstrm, Andreas P., Andersen, Signe B., Citterio, Michele, Karlsson, Nanna B., Kjeldsen, Kristian K., Korsgaard, Niels J., Larsen, Signe H., Fausto, Robert S.
Greenland ice-sheet wide glacier classification based on two distinct seasonal ice velocity behaviors
  • Vijay, Saurabh, King, Michalea D., Howat, Ian M., Solgaard, Anne M., Khan, Shfaqat Abbas, Noel, Brice
Annual air temperature variability and biotic interactions explain tundra shrub species abundance
  • von Oppen, Jonathan, Normand, Signe, Bjorkman, Anne D., BlachOvergaard, Anne, Assmann, Jakob J., Forchhammer, Mads, Gueguen, Maya, NabeNielsen, Jacob
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