Name: MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: GROUNDING LINE

MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry, Version 1

Data set id:

NSIDC-0498

DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0498.001

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Rignot, E., Mouginot, J. & Scheuchl, B. (2011). MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry. (NSIDC-0498, 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-0498.001. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 09-30-2025.

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Rignot, E., Mouginot, J. & Scheuchl, B.. 2011. Antarctic Grounding Line Mapping from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry. Geophyical Research Letters. 38. DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047109.

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Overview

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides 17 years of comprehensive high-resolution mapping of grounding lines in Antarctica, derived using differential satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR) data from the Earth Remote Sensing Satellites 1 and 2 (ERS-1 and ERS-2), RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, and the Advanced Land Observing System Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS PALSAR) for years 1994 to 2009. Parameters include latitude, longitude, sensor, and up to four orbits and respective dates.

Parameter(s):

GROUNDING LINE

Platform(s):

ALOS

ERS-1

RADARSAT-1

RADARSAT-2

Sensor(s):

PALSAR

SAR

Data Format(s):

ASCII

Temporal Coverage:

1 January 1992 to 31 December 2009

Temporal Resolution:

Not Specified

Spatial Resolution:

Not Specified

Spatial Reference System(s):

Not Specified

Spatial Coverage:

N:
-60
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180

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

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