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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, contains annual ice velocity mosaics for the Greenland Ice Sheet. Velocities are derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, obtained by TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X and Sentinel-1A and -1B, and from optical imagery acquired by Landsat 8 and Landsat 9. See <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/measures/gimp">Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GrIMP)</a> for related data.

Version Description

Updates for Version 5: * Improved correction for submergence/emergence velocity using an average of RACMO2.3 and MAR3.12 SMB for the period from 1958 to 2021 * Calibration improved by using an improved balance velocity estimate, computed as the average of RACMO2.3 and MAR3.12, and by excluding GPS points >2000 m from the 1990s. * Solid Earth tides corrected using PySolid (https://github.com/insarlab/PySolid) * Includes Landsat 9 data from 2022 onward * Landsat-specific data files now designated by “LS” in the file name (instead of “LS8” as in previous versions).

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-8 ,
LANDSAT-9 ,
Sentinel-1A ,
Sentinel-1B ,
TDX ,
TSX
Instruments
OLI ,
OLI-2 ,
C-SAR ,
SAR ,
X-SAR
Projects
MEaSUREs
Spatial Extent

N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9

Spatial Resolution
200 Meters x 200 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GREENLAND ,
ARCTIC ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2014-12-01 to 2023-11-30
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3298042936-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
27
Processing Level
3
Published
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.

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Joughin, I. (2023). MEaSUREs Greenland Annual Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR and Landsat, Version 5 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/USBL3Z8KF9C3 Date Accessed: 2026-09-19

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High spatio-temporal velocity variations driven by water input at a Greenlandic tidewater glacier Dachauer, Armin, Kneib-Walter, Andrea, Graff, Dominik, Vieli, Andreas Ice Velocity
Ice motion across incised fjord landscapes Barndon, Sjur, Law, Robert, Born, Andreas, Chudley, Thomas, Brechtelsbauer, Stefanie Ice Velocity
Multifidelity uncertainty quantification for ice sheet simulations Aretz, Nicole, Gunzburger, Max, Morlighem, Mathieu, Willcox, Karen Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Consistent Seasonal Hydrography From Moorings at Northwest Greenland Zahn, Marie J., Laidre, Kristin L., Simon, Malene, Stafford, Kathleen M., Wood, Michael, Willis, Josh K., Phillips, Elizabeth M., Fenty, Ian Salinity/Density, Ocean Temperature, Conductivity, Glacier Extent, Density, TEMPERATURE PROFILES, Salinity, Conductivity, Ice Velocity, Water Temperature, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Ice Flow Velocity Mapping for Long-Time Motion Analysis of Typical Glaciers in Northwestern Greenland Yu, Chengxuan, Yu, Zeran, Cao, Zheyi, Qiao, Gang Ice Velocity
Ice flow velocity of the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier and Zachari Isstrm, Northeast Greenland, in the 1960s from Historical Satellite Imagery Dai, Litao, Liu, Xingchen, An, Lu, Li, Rongxing Ice Velocity
Proximity to active volcanoes enhances glacier velocity Mallalieu, Joseph, Barr, Iestyn D., Spagnolo, Matteo, Mullan, Donal J., Symeonakis, Elias, Edwards, Benjamin R., Martin, Michael D. Ice Velocity
Repeated subglacial jokulhlaups in northeastern Greenland revealed by CryoSat Gray, Laurence, Burgess, David, Copland, Luke, Dow, Christine, Fettweis, Xavier, Fisher, David, Kochtitzky, Will, van Wychen, Wesley, Zheng, James Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Velocity
Decadal Evolution of Ice-Ocean Interactions at a Large East Greenland Glacier Resolved at Fjord Scale With Downscaled Ocean Models and Observations Wood, M., Khazendar, A., Fenty, I., Mankoff, K., Nguyen, A. T., Schulz, K., Willis, J. K., Zhang, H. Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Progress toward globally complete frontal ablation estimates of marine-terminating glaciers Kochtitzky, William, Copland, Luke, Van Wychen, Wesley, Hock, Regine, Rounce, David R., Jiskoot, Hester, Scambos, Ted A., Morlighem, Mathieu, King, Michalea, Cha, Leo, Gould, Luke, Merrill, Paige-Marie, Glazovsky, Andrey, Hugonnet, Romain, Strozzi, Tazio, Noel, Brice, Navarro, Francisco, Millan, Romain, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Cook, Alison, Dalton, Abigail, Khan, Shfaqat, Jania, Jacek Ice Velocity
Shallow fracture buffers high elevation runoff in northwest Greenland Culberg, Riley, Chu, Winnie, Schroeder, Dustin M. Ice Velocity
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