Name: MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: GROUNDING LINE

MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar, Version 1

Data set id:

NSIDC-0709

DOI: 10.5067/SEVV4MR8P1ZN

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Mouginot, J., Rignot, E. & Scheuchl, B. (2016). MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar. (NSIDC-0709, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SEVV4MR8P1ZN. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 09-24-2025.

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Rignot, E., Jacobs, S. S., Mouginot, J. & Scheuchl, B.. 2013. Ice-shelf melting around Antarctica. Science. 341. DOI: 10.1126/science.1235798.

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Overview

This data set is part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, and provides a map of Antarctic ice shelves and the Antarctic coastline. The map is assembled from 2008-2009 ice-front data from ALOS PALSAR and ENVISAT ASAR data acquired during International Polar Year, 2007-2009 (IPY), and the InSAR-based grounding line data (MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry) augmented with other grounding line sources.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.

Parameter(s):

GROUNDING LINE

Platform(s):

ALOS

ENVISAT

ERS-1

ERS-2

RADARSAT-1

RADARSAT-2

Sensor(s):

ASAR

PALSAR

SAR

Data Format(s):

Shapefile

Temporal Coverage:

7 February 1992 to 17 December 2014

Temporal Resolution:

22 year

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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