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MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data

Entry ID: NSIDC-0478

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Summary

Abstract: This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) project, provides annual ice-sheet-wide velocity maps for Greenland, derived using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data from the RADARSAT-1 satellite. The data set currently contains ice velocity data for the winter of 2000-2001 and 2005-2006, and 2006-2007 acquired from ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 83.0

S: 60.0

E: -14.0

W: -75.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Joughin, I., B. Smith, I. Howat, and T. Scambos.

Dataset Title: MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data

Dataset Release Date: 2010-10-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0478.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-09-03

Stop Date: 2001-01-24

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

RADARSAT-1

Instrument

SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

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

Ancillary Keywords

Greenland

Greenland Ice Cap

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_MEaSUREs

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

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

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: 564 MB

Distribution Format: GeoTIFF

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 750 MB

Distribution Format: IEEE 4-bit floating point format

Personnel

IAN JOUGHIN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 206-221-3177

Fax: 206-616-3142

Email: ian at apl.washington.edu

Contact Address:

Polar Science Center

Applied Physics Lab

University of Washington

1013 NE 40th Street

City: Seattle

Province or State: WA

Postal Code: 98105-6698

Country: USA

Publications/References

Joughin, I. 1995. Estimation of Ice-Sheet Topography and Motion Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. (PhD Dissertation, University of Washington).

Joughin, I. 2002. Ice-Sheet Velocity Mapping: A Combined Interferometric and Speckle-Tracking Approach. Annals of Glaciology 34: 195-201. doi:10.3189/172756402781817978.

Joughin, I., S. Tulaczyk, R. Bindschadler, and S. F. Price. 2002. ...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-09-10

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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