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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 a complete land ice and ocean classification mask for the Greenland ice sheet, using a combination of imagery from the USGS Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 OLI instruments and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) from the Canadian Space Agency's RADARSAT-1.
15 Meters x 15 Meters 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
2020-07-01 to 2020-10-01
Concept ID
C3298007158-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
219
Processing Level
Not provided
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Ice/Ocean Classification
Citation
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Howat, I. (2017). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Land Ice and Ocean Classification Mask, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/B8X58MQBFUPA Date Accessed: 2026-10-04
@misc{howat_2017,
title={MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Land Ice and Ocean Classification Mask, Version 1},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0714/versions/1},
DOI={10.5067/B8X58MQBFUPA},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Howat, Ian},
year={2017},
}
Howat, I. (2017). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Land Ice and Ocean Classification Mask, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/B8X58MQBFUPA Date Accessed: 2026-10-04
Howat, Ian. “MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Land Ice and Ocean Classification Mask, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2017, https://doi.org/10.5067/B8X58MQBFUPA. Date Accessed: 2026-10-04
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