Name: MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: ICE VELOCITY

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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Gardner, A. S., Fahnestock, M. & Scambos, T. (2022). MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities. (NSIDC-0776, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 09-29-2025.

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Version Summary

Initial release

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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Data Access & Tools

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

Documentation

User Guide

MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1 User Guide

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