Name: MEaSUREs Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: Glacier Extent

MEaSUREs Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1

Data set id:

NSIDC-0642

DOI: 10.5067/DC0MLBOCL3EL

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Joughin, I., Moon, T., Joughin, J. & Black, T. (2015). MEaSUREs Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics. (NSIDC-0642, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/DC0MLBOCL3EL. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 10-08-2025.

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Moon, T. & Joughin, I.. 2008. Changes in ice front position on Greenland's outlet glaciers from 1992 to 2007. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 113. DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000927.

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Version Summary

Initial release

Overview

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides Greenland outlet glacier terminus positions created from MEaSUREs Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mosaics and Landsat 8 OLI imagery. See Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GrIMP) for related data.

Parameter(s):

Glacier Extent

Platform(s):

LANDSAT-8

RADARSAT-1

SENTINEL-1A

SENTINEL-1B

Sensor(s):

C-SAR

OLI

SAR

Data Format(s):

Shapefile

Temporal Coverage:

30 September 2000 to 23 January 2001
24 December 2005 to 4 April 2006
30 December 2006 to 4 February 2007
22 November 2007 to 30 March 2008
10 January 2009 to 5 February 2009
15 January 2013 to 26 March 2013
21 January 2015 to 31 March 2015
2 February 2016 to 2 April 2016
1 February 2017 to 6 April 2017

Temporal Resolution:

1 year

Spatial Resolution:

varies

varies

Spatial Reference System(s):

WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3413

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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This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.

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User Guide

MEaSUREs Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1 User Guide

ATBDs

Greenland Ice Mapping Project 2 (GIMP-2) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

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