MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Greenland Monthly 120 m Ice Sheet Extent Masks, 1972-2022, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0793
DOI: 10.5067/579TO87M7IZB
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This ITS_LIVE data set, part of the Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, contains monthly, 120 m resolution ice masks for the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1972 to 2022. The presence of ice was determined from 237,556 manually and AI-derived terminus positions acquired by satellite optical and radar observations. Months with no observations have been gap-filled using past and future observations of terminus positions and advance rates constrained by the average flow speed of the glacier.
Animations are also available for 206 catchments that show how the ice front positions have changed over the course of the time series and can be used as a quality control check.
Parameter(s):
ICE EXTENT
Platform(s):
MODELS
Sensor(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
MP4
Temporal Coverage:
- 15 September 1972 to 15 February 2022
Temporal Resolution:
- 1 month
Spatial Resolution:
- 120 m
- 120 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic NorthEPSG:3413
Spatial Coverage:
- N:81.51S:58.33E:11.32W:-94.4
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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