Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl Dataset Title: MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding LIne from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry Dataset Release Date: 2011-12-13 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0498.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Stop Date: 2009-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >GLACIERS    [Definition]

CRYOSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >ICE SHEETS    [Definition]

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >ICE SHEETS    [Definition]

CRYOSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE    [Definition]

CRYOSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY    [Definition]

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

ERS-1 >European Remote Sensing Satellite-1    [Information]

ERS-2 >European Remote Sensing Satellite-2    [Information]

RADARSAT-1    [Information]

ALOS >Advanced Land Observing Satellite    [Information]

RADARSAT-2    [Information]

Instrument

SAR >Synthetic Aperture Radar    [Information]

PALSAR >Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar    [Information]

Project

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

MEASURES >Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments    [Information]

Keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheet

Antarctica

grounding line

Ice Sheet

Spaceborne SAR

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center    [Information] Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html Data Center Personnel Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center    [Information] Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org Data Center Personnel Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: FTP Distribution_Size: 168 MB Distribution_Format: ASCII text

Personnel

ERIC RIGNOT Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 818-354-1640 Email: eric.rignot at jpl.nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA JPL City: Pasadena Province or State: CA Postal Code: 91109 Country: USA

JEREMIE MOUGINOT Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: University of California, Irvine Department of Earth System Science Croul Hall City: Irvine Province or State: California Postal Code: 92697 Country: USA

BERND SCHEUCHL Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: University of California, Irvine Department of Earth System Science Croul Hall City: Irvine Province or State: California Postal Code: 92697 Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA