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NSIDC-0642

MEaSURES Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides Greenland outlet glacier terminus positions created from MEaSUREs Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mosaics.

See Greenland Ice Sheet Mapping Project (GIMP) for related data.

Geographic Coverage

Spatial Coverage:
  • N: 83, S: 60, E: -14, W: -75

Spatial Resolution:
  • 20 m x 20 m
Temporal Coverage:
  • 15 January 2013 to 26 March 2013
  • 10 January 2009 to 5 February 2009
  • 22 November 2007 to 30 March 2008
  • 30 December 2006 to 4 February 2007
  • 24 December 2005 to 4 April 2006
  • 30 September 2000 to 23 January 2001
Temporal Resolution: 12 month
Parameter(s):
  • Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers > Glacier Extent
Platform(s) RADARSAT-1
Sensor(s): SAR
Data Format(s):
  • ESRI Shapefile
Version: V1
Data Contributor(s): Ian Joughin, Twila Moon

Data Citation

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.

Joughin, I. and T. Moon. 2015. MEaSURES Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics, Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/DC0MLBOCL3EL. [Date Accessed].
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