Global Land Ice Velocity Extraction from Landsat 8 (GoLIVE), Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0710
DOI: 10.7265/N5ZP442B
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Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set is a compilation of ice velocity mappings for all terrestrial permanent ice larger than 5 km squared within the latitude range 82°S to 82°N, generated from pairs of Landsat 8 panchromatic images acquired between May 2013 and May 2021. The data are updated monthly with new Landsat 8 images that are paired with older images acquired within 400 days of the new acquisition for the Antarctic ice sheet; 112 days for the Greenland ice sheet; and 96 days for all other glacierized areas. The data are generated with an image correlation algorithm that produces grids of ice displacement referenced to in-image rock outcrops, slow moving ice, or lacking that, the satellite's geo-positioning (accurate to +/- 5 m). Velocity vector grids are generated at a sample spacing of 300 m from small sub-images that are either 300 m or 600 m on a side, depending on the region. For example, ice sheet areas are mapped with 600 m x 600 m sub-images, and mountain glaciers are mapped with 300 m x 300 m sub-images. Accuracy of the velocity data varies depending on the time separation between the images, ranging between ~1 m/d per day to 0.02 m/d per day.
Parameter(s):
GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION
ICE VELOCITY
Platform(s):
LANDSAT-8
Sensor(s):
OLI
Data Format(s):
NetCDF
PNG
GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 May 2013 to 26 May 2021
Temporal Resolution:
  • 16 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 300 m
  • 300 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    82
    Southern latitude
    -82
    Eastern longitude
    180
    Western longitude
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

Data Access & Tools

This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.

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How to Articles

This article illustrates the how to convert NetCDF variables to single-band GeoTIFFs. You will need to have the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL, http://gdal.org/) installed on your system before continuing.