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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, consists of annual (1 July to 30 June), 1 km resolution maps of ice component velocities for the Antarctic ice sheet. Data are provided for the year 2000-2001 and for each year from 2005 to 2025. Velocities are derived by applying interferometric analysis techniques to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data acquired by various satellites and sensors and by feature tracking of optical imagery acquired by Landsat-8.

This data set was originally titled "MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps 2005-2017."

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS ,
ENVISAT ,
LANDSAT-8 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
RADARSAT-2 ,
Sentinel-1A ,
Sentinel-1B ,
TDX ,
TSX
Instruments
PALSAR ,
ASAR ,
OLI ,
SAR ,
C-SAR
Spatial Extent

N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031)
Location
ANTARCTICA ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2005-07-01 to 2025-06-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3298025582-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
21
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
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

Mouginot, J., Scheuchl, B., & Rignot, E. (2017). MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/9T4EPQXTJYW9 Date Accessed: 2026-04-18

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