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Description

This data set contains 6 and 12 day surface velocity estimates for the Greenland Ice Sheet and periphery derived from images acquired between 2015–2021 by the European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B satellites.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
Sentinel-1A ,
Sentinel-1B
Instruments
C-SAR
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
200 Meters x 200 Meters
Geographic Region
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-01-01 to 2021-02-03
Concept ID
C3298524391-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
636
Processing Level
3
Published
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. (2021). MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6JKYGMOZQFYJ Date Accessed: 2025-12-25

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