N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
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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 comprehensive high-resolution mapping of grounding lines in Antarctica from February 1992 through November 2025. The data were derived by applying differential satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry (DInSAR) to SAR data acquired by various space-based platforms.
See <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/measures/aiv">Antarctic Ice Sheet Velocity and Mapping Data</a> for related data.
Version Description
Product Summary
Platforms
Instruments
Spatial Extent
Spatial Resolution
100 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031)
Location
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1992-02-07 to 2025-11-26
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3291177478-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Grounding Line
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Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., & Scheuchl, B. (2016). MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/IKBWW4RYHF1Q Date Accessed: 2026-06-11
Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., & Scheuchl, B. (2016). MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/IKBWW4RYHF1Q Date Accessed: 2026-06-11
Rignot, Eric, et al. “MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry, Version 2.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2016, https://doi.org/10.5067/IKBWW4RYHF1Q. Date Accessed: 2026-06-11
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| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedforms of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica: Character and Origin | Alley, R. B., Holschuh, N., MacAyeal, D. R., Parizek, B. R., Zoet, L., Riverman, K., Muto, A., Christianson, K., Clyne, E., Anandakrishnan, S., Stevens, N. | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line | |
| Drygalski Ice Tongue stability influenced by rift formation and ice morphology | Indrigo, Christine, Dow, Christine F., Greenbaum, Jamin S., Morlighem, Mathieu | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line | |
| The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution | Arthur, Jennifer F., Stokes, Chris R., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Miles, Bertie W. J., Carr, J. Rachel, Leeson, Amber A. | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line | |
| Two decades of dynamic change and progressive destabilization on the | Alley, Karen E., Wild, Christian T., Luckman, Adrian, Scambos, Ted A., Truffer, Martin, Pettit, Erin C., Muto, Atsuhiro, Wallin, Bruce, Klinger, Marin, Sutterley, Tyler, Child, Sarah F., Hulen, Cyrus, Lenaerts, Jan T. M., Maclennan, Michelle, Keenan, Eric, Dunmire, Devon | Grounding Line, Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Reflectance, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | |
| Widespread increase in dynamic imbalance in the Getz region of Antarctica from 1994 to 2018 | Selley, Heather L., Hogg, Anna E., Cornford, Stephen, Dutrieux, Pierre, Shepherd, Andrew, Wuite, Jan, Floricioiu, Dana, Kusk, Anders, Nagler, Thomas, Gilbert, Lin, Slater, Thomas, Kim, Tae-Wan | Grounding Line, Ice Velocity | |
| Basal Channel Evolution on the Getz Ice Shelf, West Antarctica | Chartrand, A. M., Howat, I. M. | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance | |
| Distribution and seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on Shackleton | Arthur, Jennifer F., Stokes, Chris R., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Carr, J. Rachel, Leeson, Amber A. | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line | |
| Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment | Lhermitte, Stef, Sun, Sainan, Shuman, Christopher, Wouters, Bert, Pattyn, Frank, Wuite, Jan, Berthier, Etienne, Nagler, Thomas | Grounding Line, Ice Velocity | |
| Delicate seafloor landforms reveal past Antarctic grounding-line retreat of kilometers per year | Dowdeswell, J. A., Batchelor, C. L., Montelli, A., Ottesen, D., Christie, F. D. W., Dowdeswell, E. K., Evans, J. | Grounding Line | |
| Future sea level contribution from Antarctica inferred from CMIP5 model forcing and its dependence on precipitation ansatz | Rodehacke, Christian B., Pfeiffer, Madlene, Semmler, Tido, Gurses, Ozgur, Kleiner, Thomas | Grounding Line | |
| Remote sensing of glacier and ice sheet grounding lines: A review | Friedl, Peter, Weiser, Frank, Fluhrer, Anke, Braun, Matthias H. | Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness | |
| Antarctic ice shelf thickness change from multimission lidar mapping | Sutterley, Tyler C., Markus, Thorsten, Neumann, Thomas A., van den Broeke, Michiel, van Wessem, J. Melchior, Ligtenberg, Stefan R. M. | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Basins, Coastline, Ice Shelves, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | |
| New Last Glacial Maximum ice thickness constraints for the Weddell Sea Embayment, Antarctica | Nichols, Keir A., Goehring, Brent M., Balco, Greg, Johnson, Joanne S., Hein, Andrew S., Todd, Claire | Grounding Line | |
| Relating bed character and subglacial morphology using seismic data from Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica | Muto, Atsuhiro, Anandakrishnan, Sridhar, Alley, Richard B., Horgan, Huw J., Parizek, Byron R., Koellner, Stephen, Christianson, Knut, Holschuh, Nicholas | Ice Velocity, Grounding Line | |
| Net retreat of Antarctic glacier grounding lines | Konrad, Hannes, Shepherd, Andrew, Gilbert, Lin, Hogg, Anna E., McMillan, Malcolm, Muir, Alan, Slater, Thomas | Grounding Line, Ice Velocity | |
| Recent dynamic changes on Fleming glacier after the disintegration of Wordie ice shelf, Antarctic peninsula | Friedl, Peter, Seehaus, Thorsten C., Wendt, Anja, Braun, Matthias H., Hoppner, Kathrin | Grounding Line, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Reflectance |
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