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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, provides high-resolution, digital mosaics of ice motion in the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) and West Antarctica, including the Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Pope, Smith, and Kohler glaciers. The mosaics were assembled from interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR) data acquired in 1996, 2000, 2002, and 2006-2012 by various satellites.

See <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/measures/aiv">Antarctic Ice Sheet Velocity and Mapping Data</a> for related data.

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS ,
ERS-1 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
RADARSAT-2 ,
TDX
Instruments
PALSAR ,
SAR
Spatial Extent

N: -71.9876 S: -80.4614 E: 82.8345 W: -127.3826

Spatial Resolution
450 Meters x 450 Meters
Geographic Region
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 ,
2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 ,
2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 ,
2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Concept ID
C3291002482-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
13
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Ice Velocity

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., & Scheuchl, B. (2014). MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0545.001 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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