MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0709
DOI: 10.5067/SEVV4MR8P1ZN
There is a more recent version of these data.
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, Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
7 February 1992 to 17 December 2014
Temporal Resolution:
- 22 year
Spatial Resolution:
- 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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