MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map

Data Contributors RIGNOT, ERIC MOUGINOT, JEREMIE SCHEUCHL, BERND Parameters SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY Instruments ASAR : ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERATURE RADAR PALSAR : PHASED ARRAY TYPE L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SAR : SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR

Documentation    Access Data    

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.

View Metadata Record

Literature Citation

The generation of this data set is discussed in the following article(s). Please acknowledge the use of this data set by referencing the following citation(s):

Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl. 2011. Ice Flow of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science 333(6048): 1427-1430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1208336.

Data Citation

The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.

Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl.. 2011. MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Sample Data Image

See Also

• Contact User Services