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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, that was mapped using a combination of USGS Landsat 7 ETM+ panchromatic band imagery, and the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) RADARSAT-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) amplitude images.

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
LANDSAT-7 ,
LANDSAT-8 ,
RADARSAT-1
Instruments
ETM+ ,
OLI ,
SAR
Spatial Extent

N: 82 S: 58 E: 7 W: -90

Spatial Resolution
15 Meters x 15 Meters
30 Meters x 30 Meters
90 Meters x 90 Meters
Geographic Region
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1999-07-01 to 2002-09-30 ,
2013-01-15 to 2015-09-30
Concept ID
C3298007158-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
146
Processing Level
Not provided
Published
Science Keywords
Land Ice/Ocean Classification

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

Howat, I. (2017). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Land Ice and Ocean Classification Mask, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/B8X58MQBFUPA Date Accessed: 2025-12-24

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