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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 annual ice velocity mosaics for the Greenland Ice Sheet derived from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data obtained by the German Space Agency's TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X (TSX/TDX) and the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-1A and -1B satellites, and from the US Geological Survey's Landsat 8 optical imagery for years 2015 to 2021.

See <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/measures/gimp">Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GrIMP)</a> for related data.

Version Description

Changes for the version include: - Temporal coverage extended - Data recalibrated relative to previous versions to reduces biases imposed by quadratic fits to control points - Correction added for the submergence/emergence velocity - Addition of interferometric phase data where available

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-8 ,
Sentinel-1A ,
Sentinel-1B ,
TDX ,
TSX
Instruments
OLI ,
C-SAR ,
SAR ,
X-SAR
Spatial Extent

N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9

Spatial Resolution
200 Meters x 200 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GREENLAND ,
ARCTIC ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2014-12-01 to 2021-11-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3298039963-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

Joughin, I. (2022). MEaSUREs Greenland Annual Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat, Version 4 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/RS8GFZ848ZU9 Date Accessed: 2026-07-29

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Ice motion across incised fjord landscapes Barndon, Sjur, Law, Robert, Born, Andreas, Chudley, Thomas, Brechtelsbauer, Stefanie Ice Velocity
High spatio-temporal velocity variations driven by water input at a Greenlandic tidewater glacier Dachauer, Armin, Kneib-Walter, Andrea, Graff, Dominik, Vieli, Andreas Ice Velocity
Multifidelity uncertainty quantification for ice sheet simulations Aretz, Nicole, Gunzburger, Max, Morlighem, Mathieu, Willcox, Karen Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Consistent Seasonal Hydrography From Moorings at Northwest Greenland Zahn, Marie J., Laidre, Kristin L., Simon, Malene, Stafford, Kathleen M., Wood, Michael, Willis, Josh K., Phillips, Elizabeth M., Fenty, Ian Salinity/Density, Ocean Temperature, Conductivity, Glacier Extent, Density, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Salinity, Conductivity, Ice Velocity, Water Temperature, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Decadal Evolution of Ice-Ocean Interactions at a Large East Greenland Glacier Resolved at Fjord Scale With Downscaled Ocean Models and Observations Wood, M., Khazendar, A., Fenty, I., Mankoff, K., Nguyen, A. T., Schulz, K., Willis, J. K., Zhang, H. Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Ice Flow Velocity Mapping for Long-Time Motion Analysis of Typical Glaciers in Northwestern Greenland Yu, Chengxuan, Yu, Zeran, Cao, Zheyi, Qiao, Gang Ice Velocity
Ice flow velocity of the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier and Zachari Isstrm, Northeast Greenland, in the 1960s from Historical Satellite Imagery Dai, Litao, Liu, Xingchen, An, Lu, Li, Rongxing Ice Velocity
Proximity to active volcanoes enhances glacier velocity Mallalieu, Joseph, Barr, Iestyn D., Spagnolo, Matteo, Mullan, Donal J., Symeonakis, Elias, Edwards, Benjamin R., Martin, Michael D. Ice Velocity
Repeated subglacial jokulhlaups in northeastern Greenland revealed by CryoSat Gray, Laurence, Burgess, David, Copland, Luke, Dow, Christine, Fettweis, Xavier, Fisher, David, Kochtitzky, Will, van Wychen, Wesley, Zheng, James Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Velocity
Progress toward globally complete frontal ablation estimates of marine-terminating glaciers Kochtitzky, William, Copland, Luke, Van Wychen, Wesley, Hock, Regine, Rounce, David R., Jiskoot, Hester, Scambos, Ted A., Morlighem, Mathieu, King, Michalea, Cha, Leo, Gould, Luke, Merrill, Paige-Marie, Glazovsky, Andrey, Hugonnet, Romain, Strozzi, Tazio, Noel, Brice, Navarro, Francisco, Millan, Romain, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Cook, Alison, Dalton, Abigail, Khan, Shfaqat, Jania, Jacek Ice Velocity
Shallow fracture buffers high elevation runoff in northwest Greenland Culberg, Riley, Chu, Winnie, Schroeder, Dustin M. Ice Velocity
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