MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1
This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, contains a multi-year ice-sheet-wide velocity mosaic for Greenland, derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and Landsat 8 optical imagery data.
See Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) for related data.
This is the most recent version of these data.
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As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Joughin, I., B. Smith, I. Howat, and T. Scambos. 2016. MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic, Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/QUA5Q9SVMSJG. [Date Accessed].Literature Citation
As a condition of using these data, we request that you acknowledge the author(s) of this data set by referencing the following peer-reviewed publication.
Joughin, I., B. Smith, and I. Howat. 2017. A complete map of Greenland ice velocity derived from satellite data collected over 20 years, Journal of Glaciology. . 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.73