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Description

This data set from the Inter-Mission Time Series of Land Ice Velocity and Elevation (ITS_LIVE) project, part of NASA's Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, consists of regionally compiled, mean annual surface velocities for major glacier-covered regions, derived from Landsat 4, 5, 7, and 8 imagery. Data are available from 1985 to 2018. Data availability is significantly limited prior to 2013 due to image scarcity and low image quality; however annual coverage is nearly complete for the years following the Landsat 8 launch in 2013.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-4 ,
LANDSAT-5 ,
LANDSAT-7 ,
LANDSAT-8
Instruments
TM ,
ETM+ ,
OLI
Spatial Extent

N: 45.93 S: 24.64 E: 104.29 W: 65.36

,

N: -45.66 S: -55.41 E: -68.55 W: -74.52

,

N: 81.47 S: 70.35 E: 106.57 W: -5.3

,

N: 67.18 S: 62.91 E: -13.41 W: -24.54

,

N: 81.62 S: 58.67 E: 8.23 W: -90.17

,

N: 84.09 S: 61.62 E: -50.14 W: -109.69

,

N: 62.23 S: 47.23 E: -107.65 W: -159.45

,

N: -57.62 S: -90 E: 127.41 W: -128.81

Spatial Resolution
240 Meters x 240 Meters
120 Meters x 120 Meters
Location
ALASKA ,
ANTARCTICA ,
ARGENTINA ,
CANADA ,
CHILE ,
GREENLAND ,
HIMALAYAS ,
ICELAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1985-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3298525133-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
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

Gardner, A., Fahnestock, M., & Scambos, T. (2022). MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7 Date Accessed: 2026-05-15

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