Name: MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: ICE VELOCITY

MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data, Version 1

Data set id:

NSIDC-0478

DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0478.001

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Joughin, I., Smith, B., Howat, I. & Scambos, T. (2010). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data. (NSIDC-0478, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0478.001. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 10-08-2025.

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Overview

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, contains seasonal (winter) ice-sheet-wide velocity maps for Greenland derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data obtained by RADARSAT-1, the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), and the TerraSAR-X satellite.

Parameter(s):

ICE VELOCITY

Platform(s):

ALOS

RADARSAT-1

TSX

Sensor(s):

PALSAR

SAR

Data Format(s):

GeoTIFF

Temporal Coverage:

3 September 2000 to 24 January 2001
13 December 2005 to 20 April 2006
18 December 2006 to 15 April 2007
1 November 2007 to 30 April 2008
1 December 2008 to 28 February 2009

Temporal Resolution:

1 year

Spatial Resolution:

500 m

500 m

Spatial Reference System(s):

Not Specified

Spatial Coverage:

N:
83
S:
60
E:
-14
W:
-75

Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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