Likely Basal Thermal State of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Version 1
Data set id:
RDBTS4
DOI: 10.5067/R4MWDWWUWQF9
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release.

Overview

The Likely Basal Thermal State of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) product contains key data sets that show how the likely basal thermal state was inferred from existing airborne and satellite data sets and recent methods, and provides a synthesis mask of the likely basal thermal state over the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Parameter(s):
THERMAL PROPERTIES
Platform(s):
AQUA, DC-8, P-3B, TERRA
Sensor(s):
ACORDS, ICORDS, MCRDS, MCoRDS, MODIS
Data Format(s):
NetCDF, XML
Temporal Coverage:
23 June 1993 to 26 April 2013
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • 5 km
  • 5 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
81.51
S:
58.91
E:
6.62
W:
-88.33
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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