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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, contains a multi-year ice-sheet-wide velocity mosaic for Greenland, derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and Landsat 8 optical imagery data.

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
ALOS ,
ERS-1 ,
ERS-2 ,
LANDSAT-8 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
RADARSAT-2 ,
TSX
Instruments
PALSAR ,
SAR ,
OLI
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
250 Meters x 250 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)
Location
GREENLAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-12-01 to 2015-10-31
Concept ID
C3291956575-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
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., Smith, B., Howat, I., & Scambos, T. (2016). MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG Date Accessed: 2026-07-09

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A parallel implementation of the confined-unconfined aquifer system Fischler, Yannic, Kleiner, Thomas, Bischof, Christian, Schmiedel, Jeremie, Sayag, Roiy, Emunds, Raban, Oestreich, Lennart Frederik, Humbert, Angelika Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Bridging the Gap Between Experimental and Natural Fabrics: Modeling Ice Stream Fabric Evolution and its Comparison With IceCore Data Richards, Daniel H., Pegler, Samuel S., Piazolo, Sandra, Stoll, Nicolas, Weikusat, Ilka Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Firn aquifer water discharges into crevasses across Southeast Greenland Cicero, Eric, Poinar, Kristin, Jones-Ivey, Renette, Petty, Alek A., Sperhac, Jeanette M., Patra, Abani, Briner, Jason P. Ice Velocity
Modeling enhanced firn densification due to strain softening Oraschewski, Falk M., Grinsted, Aslak Ice Velocity, Land Ice/Ocean Classification, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Cover
ICE FLOW VELOCITY MAPPING IN GREENLAND USING HISTORICAL IMAGES FROM 1960s TO 1980s: SCHEME DESIGN Yu, Z., Cao, Z., Yu, C., Qiao, G., Li, R. Ice Velocity
Processing methodology for the ITS_LIVE Sentinel-1 ice velocity products Lei, Yang, Gardner, Alex S., Agram, Piyush Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Velocity
Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup Akesson, Henning, Morlighem, Mathieu, Nilsson, Johan, Stranne, Christian, Jakobsson, Martin Land Ice/Ocean Classification, Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Multi-decadal retreat of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in northwest and central-west Greenland Black, Taryn E., Joughin, Ian Ice Velocity, Radar Backscatter, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Extent
The Greenland Firn Compaction Verification and Reconnaissance (FirnCover) dataset, 20132019 MacFerrin, Michael J., Stevens, C. Max, Vandecrux, Baptiste, Waddington, Edwin D., Abdalati, Waleed Ice Velocity
The contribution of Humboldt Glacier, northern Greenland, to sea-level rise through 2100 constrained by recent observations of speedup and retreat Hillebrand, Trevor R., Hoffman, Matthew J., Perego, Mauro, Price, Stephen F., Howat, Ian M. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Density, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Salinity, Conductivity, Surface Morphology, Ice Velocity, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Glacier Extent
Synchronous retreat of southeast Greenland's peripheral glaciers Liu, Julia, Enderlin, Ellyn, Marshall, HansPeter, Khalil, Andre Ice Velocity
Threshold response to melt drives large-scale bed weakening in Greenland Maier, Nathan, Gimbert, Florent, Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien Land Ice/Ocean Classification, Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, THERMAL PROPERTIES, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Dynamic mass loss from Greenland's marine-terminating peripheral glaciers (19852018) Bollen, Katherine E., Enderlin, Ellyn M., Muhlheim, Rebecca Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
Advances in data availability to constrain and evaluate frontal ablation Recinos, Beatriz, Maussion, Fabien, Marzeion, Ben Ice Velocity
GBaTSv2: a revised synthesis of the likely basal thermal state of the MacGregor, Joseph A., Chu, Winnie, Colgan, William T., Fahnestock, Mark A., Felikson, Denis, Karlsson, Nanna B., Nowicki, Sophie M. J., Studinger, Michael Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Grounding line retreat and ice discharge variability at two surging, ice shelfforming basins of Flade Isblink ice cap, northern Greenland Moller, Marco, Friedl, Peter, Palmer, Steven J., Marzeion, Ben Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Steep Glacier Bed Knickpoints Mitigate Inland Thinning in Greenland Felikson, Denis, A. Catania, Ginny, Bartholomaus, Timothy C., Morlighem, Mathieu, Noel, Brice P. Y. Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Glacier Extent
A fully-coupled 3D model of a large Greenlandic outlet glacier with evolving subglacial hydrology, frontal plume melting and calving Cook, Samuel J., Christoffersen, Poul, Todd, Joe Ice Velocity
Autonomous Repeat Image Feature Tracking (autoRIFT) and Its Application for Tracking Ice Displacement. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 749 Lei, Yang, Gardner, Alex, Agram, Piyush Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Basal traction mainly dictated by hard-bed physics over grounded regions Maier, Nathan, Gimbert, Florent, Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien, Gilbert, Adrien Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, THERMAL PROPERTIES, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Challenges in predicting Greenland supraglacial lake drainages at the regional scale Poinar, Kristin, Andrews, Lauren C. Reflectance, Ice Velocity
Calibration of a frontal ablation parameterisation applied to Greenland's peripheral calving glaciers Recinos, Beatriz, Maussion, Fabien, Noel, Brice, Moller, Marco, Marzeion, Ben Ice Velocity
Automated detection of marine glacier calving fronts using the 2-D wavelet transform modulus maxima segmentation method Liu, Julia, Enderlin, Ellyn M., Marshall, Hans-Peter, Khalil, Andre Ice Velocity
Global time series and temporal mosaics of glacier surface velocities derived from Sentinel-1 data Friedl, Peter, Seehaus, Thorsten, Braun, Matthias Ice Velocity, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: A multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6 Goelzer, Heiko, Nowicki, Sophie, Payne, Anthony, Larour, Eric, Seroussi, Helene, Lipscomb, William H., Gregory, Jonathan, Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Shepherd, Andrew, Simon, Erika, Agosta, Cecile, Alexander, Patrick, Aschwanden, Andy, Barthel, Alice, Calov, Reinhard, Chambers, Christopher, Choi, Youngmin, Cuzzone, Joshua, Dumas, Christophe, Edwards, Tamsin, Felikson, Denis, Fettweis, Xavier, Golledge, Nicholas R., Greve, Ralf, Humbert, Angelika, Huybrechts, Philippe, Le clec'h, Sebastien, Lee, Victoria, Leguy, Gunter, Little, Chris, Lowry, Daniel P., Morlighem, Mathieu, Nias, Isabel, Quiquet, Aurelien, Ruckamp, Martin, Schlegel, Nicole-Jeanne, Slater, Donald A., Smith, Robin S., Straneo, Fiamma, Tarasov, Lev, van de Wal, Roderik, van den Broeke, Michiel Ice Velocity
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