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Description

This data set from the Inter-Mission Time Series of Land Ice Velocity and Elevation (ITS_LIVE) project, part of NASA's Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, consists of regionally compiled, mean annual surface velocities, plus climatological means, for major glacier-covered regions. Velocities are derived from imagery acquired by the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 and Landsat 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 satellites. Data are available from 1985 to 2022, with nearly complete annual coverage provided after 2013.

Version Description

Version 2 extends the temporal coverage through 2022, increases the spatial resolution to 120 m, and utilizes an improved feature tracking algorithm with updated error quantification.

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-4 ,
LANDSAT-5 ,
LANDSAT-7 ,
LANDSAT-8 ,
LANDSAT-9 ,
Sentinel-1A ,
Sentinel-1B ,
Sentinel-2A ,
Sentinel-2B
Instruments
TM ,
ETM+ ,
OLI ,
OLI-2 ,
C-SAR ,
Sentinel-2 MSI
Projects
MEaSUREs
Spatial Extent

N: 65.04 S: 51.05 E: -124.51 W: -171.53

,

N: 54.98 S: 44.88 E: -114.06 W: -131.46

,

N: 84.17 S: 73.1 E: -53.13 W: -108.44

,

N: 76.43 S: 61.6 E: -58.57 W: -87.71

,

N: 81.5 S: 58.33 E: 11.31 W: -94.4

,

N: 68.31 S: 62.03 E: -10.71 W: -26.57

,

N: 81.5 S: 75.98 E: 36.25 W: 3.37

,

N: 71.46 S: 58.63 E: 30.46 W: 4.18

,

N: 85.03 S: 69.93 E: 110.55 W: 23.2

,

N: 52.54 S: 45.78 E: 95.28 W: 84.05

,

N: 47.94 S: 43.21 E: 15.2 W: 4.98

,

N: 44.38 S: 41.4 E: 47.51 W: 38.82

,

N: 46.58 S: 23.05 E: 108.16 W: 62.82

,

N: -40.4 S: -56.17 E: -65.29 W: -75

,

N: -41.46 S: -46.12 E: 173.59 W: 166.1

,

N: -56.97 S: -58.71 E: 48.37 W: -129.17

Spatial Resolution
120 Meters x 120 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
ALASKA ,
ANTARCTICA ,
ARGENTINA ,
CANADA ,
CHILE ,
GREENLAND ,
HIMALAYAS ,
ICELAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1984-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Temporal Resolution
1 Year
Concept ID
C3618748415-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
546
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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Gardner, A., Fahnestock, M., Greene, C.A., Kennedy, J.H., Liukis, M., Lopez, L.A., & Scambos, T. (2024). MEASURES ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/JQ6337239C96 Date Accessed: 2026-11-10

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