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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.
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)
Location
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
Published
Science Keywords
Ice Velocity
Citation
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Joughin, I., Smith, B., Howat, I., & Scambos, T. (2016). MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG Date Accessed: 2026-09-11
@misc{joughin_smith_howat_scambos_2016,
title={MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0670/versions/1},
DOI={10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Joughin, Ian and Smith, Ben and Howat, Ian and Scambos, Ted},
year={2016},
}
Joughin, I., Smith, B., Howat, I., & Scambos, T. (2016). MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG Date Accessed: 2026-09-11
Joughin, Ian, et al. “MEaSUREs Multi-Year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2016, https://doi.org/10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG. Date Accessed: 2026-09-11
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