MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0484
Summary
This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides the first comprehensive, high-resolution, digital mosaic of ice motion in Antarctica assembled from multiple satellite interferometric synthetic-aperture radar data. Data were acquired during the International Polar Year 2007 to 2009.
This map was built from spring 2009 data from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)'s and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA)'s RADARSAT-2, spring 2007-2008-2009 data from European Space Agency (ESA)'s Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), and fall 2007-2008 data from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), complemented by patches of CSA's RADARSAT-1 data from fall 2000 and ESA's Earth Remote Sensing Satellites ERS-1 and -2 data from spring 1996. Each radar instrument contributes its unique coverage and performance level. The final mosaic assembles 900 satellite tracks and more than 3,000 orbits of radar data. Data acquisitions between 2006 and 2011 are courtesy of the IPY Space Task Group.
Data are available via FTP in two formats: binary (.dat) with an ENVI text header (.txt), and NetCDF.
Note. These data are considered provisional pending a review by the MEaSUREs program. Once the data have been reviewed, this statement will be removed from this documentation.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -60°
S: -90°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl.
Dataset Title: MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map
Dataset Release Date: 2011-12-13
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0484.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1996-01-01
Stop Date: 2011-12-31
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 900 m
Longitude Resolution: 900 m
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Velocity
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Velocity
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctica
- Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Ice
- Ice Sheet
- Ice Velocity
- ICE VELOCITY DATA
- velocity
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- ALOS Advanced Land Observing Satellite
- ENVISAT Environmental Satellite
- ERS-1 European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
- ERS-2 European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
- RADARSAT-1
- RADARSAT-2
Instrument
- ASAR Advanced Synthetic Aperature Radar
- PALSAR Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
- SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
Project
- MEASURES Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments
Data Set Progress
complete
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC MEaSUREs User Services
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 300 MB
Distribution Format: NetCDF
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 300 MB
Distribution Format: Binary
Personnel
Eric Rignot
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of California, Irvine
- Department of Earth System Science
- Croul Hall
City: Irvine
Province or State: California
Postal Code: 92697
Country: USA
Jeremie Mouginot
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of California, Irvine
- Department of Earth System Science
- Croul Hall
City: Irvine
Province or State: California
Postal Code: 92697
Country: USA
Bernd Scheuchl
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of California, Irvine
- Department of Earth System Science
- Croul Hall
City: Irvine
Province or State: California
Postal Code: 92697
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Reference
Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl. 2011. Ice Flow of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Science, Vol. 333, pp. 1427-1430. doi 10.1126/science.1208336.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-12-13
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-05-02
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