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MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0776
DOI: 10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7
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Version Summary
Initial release
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Overview

This data set from the Inter-Mission Time Series of Land Ice Velocity and Elevation (ITS_LIVE) project, part of NASA's Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, consists of regionally compiled, mean annual surface velocities for major glacier-covered regions, derived from Landsat 4, 5, 7, and 8 imagery. Data are available from 1985 to 2018. Data availability is significantly limited prior to 2013 due to image scarcity and low image quality; however annual coverage is nearly complete for the years following the Landsat 8 launch in 2013.
Parameter(s):
ICE VELOCITY
Platform(s):
LANDSAT-4
LANDSAT-5
LANDSAT-7
LANDSAT-8
Sensor(s):
ETM+
OLI
TM
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 January 1985 to 31 December 2018
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 year
Spatial Resolution:
  • 240 m
  • 120 m
  • 240 m
  • 120 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
  • N/A
    N/A
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    45.93
    S:
    24.64
    E:
    104.29
    W:
    65.36
  • N:
    -45.66
    S:
    -55.41
    E:
    -68.55
    W:
    -74.52
  • N:
    81.47
    S:
    70.35
    E:
    106.57
    W:
    -5.3
  • N:
    67.18
    S:
    62.91
    E:
    -13.41
    W:
    -24.54
  • N:
    81.62
    S:
    58.67
    E:
    8.23
    W:
    -90.17
  • N:
    84.09
    S:
    61.62
    E:
    -50.14
    W:
    -109.69
  • N:
    62.23
    S:
    47.23
    E:
    -107.65
    W:
    -159.45
  • N:
    -57.62
    S:
    -90
    E:
    127.41
    W:
    -128.81
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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