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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 a multi-year ice-sheet-wide velocity mosaic for Greenland, derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and Landsat 8 optical imagery data.

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

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS ,
ERS-1 ,
ERS-2 ,
LANDSAT-8 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
RADARSAT-2 ,
TSX
Instruments
PALSAR ,
SAR ,
OLI
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
250 Meters x 250 Meters
Geographic Region
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-12-01 to 2015-10-31
Concept ID
C3291956575-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
3
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. (2016). MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG Date Accessed: 2025-12-17

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