Landsat 8 Ice Speed of Antarctica (LISA), Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0733
DOI: 10.7265/nxpc-e997
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set is a compilation of Antarctic ice flow velocity mappings generated from pairs of panchromatic images acquired by the Operation Land Imager (OLI) aboard the Landsat 8 satellite. This effort is part of the Global Land Ice Velocity Extraction from Landsat (GoLIVE) project.
Parameter(s):
ICE VELOCITY
Platform(s):
LANDSAT-8
Sensor(s):
OLI
Data Format(s):
GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
1 July 2013 to 30 April 2017
Temporal Resolution:
  • 16 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 750 m
  • 750 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic
EPSG:3031
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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General Questions & FAQs

When utilizing the SMAP Near-Real-Time (NRT) data products (SPL2SMP_NRT and SPL1BTB_NRT) it is important to understand how they differ from standard SMAP data

How to Articles

The GoLIVE Map Application allows users to spatially search for and download land ice velocities derived from panchromatic imagery collected from May 2013 to present.