NSIDC-0484
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map
Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl.
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map
2011-12-13
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0484.html
Investigator
Eric
Rignot
University of California, Irvine
Department of Earth System Science
Croul Hall
Irvine
California
92697
USA
Investigator
Jeremie
Mouginot
University of California, Irvine
Department of Earth System Science
Croul Hall
Irvine
California
92697
USA
Investigator
Bernd
Scheuchl
University of California, Irvine
Department of Earth System Science
Croul Hall
Irvine
California
92697
USA
Technical Contact
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Boulder
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USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Ice Velocity
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Ice Velocity
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Antarctica
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Ice
Ice Sheet
Ice Velocity
ICE VELOCITY DATA
velocity
ASAR
Advanced Synthetic Aperature Radar
PALSAR
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar
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
1996-01-01
2011-12-31
complete
-90
-60
-180
180
CONTINENT
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
900 m
900 m
MEASURES
Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments
English
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC_MEaSUREs
Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments
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NSIDC_DAAC
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC_ARCSS
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
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University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
FTP
300 MB
NetCDF
FTP
300 MB
Binary
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/measures/nsidc0484_rignot/images/velocitymap.png
Sample Data Image
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.
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.
CEOS IDN DIF
9.7
2011-12-13
2013-05-02
Added NSIDC_DAAC as Internal Data Center for EMS