Glacial and Fast Ice Distributions in Southeast Greenland Fjords, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0796
DOI: 10.5067/GWJ0PLI2UF6E
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set provides spatial distributions of fast ice and glacial ice in eight fjords spanning the Southeast Greenland coast: Nansen, Kangerlusruaq, Ikertivaq, Skjoldungen, Tingmiarmiut, Napasorsvaq, Anoritup, and Kangerlluluk. Temporal coverage is discontinuous, depending on the availability and quality of images.
Fjord data were sourced from USGS EarthExplorer, Copernicus Open Access Hub, and the NSIDC. Landsat-8 and MODIS imagery for ice identification were collected from NASA Worldview and USGS EarthExplorer. Fjord, fast ice, and glacial ice boundaries were manually delineated using ArcGIS. Glacial ice was further categorized as dense glacial melange (Type 3), substantial glacial ice with large icebergs (Type 2), low-density glacial ice with large icebergs (Type 1), consistent small ice surface without large icebergs (Type 0), or glacier surface (Type 99).
Parameter(s):
FAST ICEFJORDSGLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
Platform(s):
Aqua, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Terra
Sensor(s):
C-SAR, MODIS, OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI
Data Format(s):
Shapefile, CSV, GeoPackage
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3413
Spatial Coverage:
N:
70.009956
S:
60.286876
E:
-22.410516
W:
-44.199176
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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