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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, consists of monthly image mosaics of the Greenland coastline and ice sheet periphery constructed from composited MODIS imagery.

See <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/measures/gimp">Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP)</a> for related data.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua ,
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 85 S: 57 E: 11 W: -109

Spatial Resolution
100 Meters x 100 Meters<br>500 Meters x 500 Meters
Geographic Region
NORTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2008-03-01 to 2016-09-30
Concept ID
C3298034250-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
126
Processing Level
1B
Science Keywords
Ice Edges ,
Surface Morphology

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

Haran, T., Bohlander, J., Scambos, T., & Joughin, I. (2017). MEaSUREs Greenland Monthly Image Mosaics from MODIS, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6L166FFRPCPP Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION