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Dry Valleys, Antarctica; ASTER True Image Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Ice sheet boundaries reveal important information about ice sheet dynamics. This ice sheet boundary inventory is not representative of all available datasets, but some of the most utilized datasets.
ID: NSIDC-0709 Description: Maps of Antarctic ice shelves, basins, and coastlines derived from various sources Data Format: GeoTIFF, BMP, Shapefile Spatial Resolution: Not Specified Projection: WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031) Sensor: ASAR, C-SAR, MODIS, OLI, PALSAR, SAR Platform: ALOS, AQUA, COSMO-SKYMED, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, SENTINEL-1A, TERRA Coverage Period: 1992-2015
Ice sheet elevation reveals important information about changing ice sheet dynamics, such as mass balance. This ice sheet elevation inventory is not representative of all available datasets, but some of the most utilized datasets.
ID: NSIDC-0422 Description: Combination of ERS-1 Satellite Radar Altimeter (SRA) and Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) measurements Data Format: Binary, ASCII Spatial Resolution: 1 km x 1km Projection: Not specified Sensor: Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) Platform: Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT) Coverage Period: 2003-2008 (GLAS), 1994-1995 (ERS-1)
ID: GLAH06 Description: Analogous to geodetic data records distributed for radar altimetry missions Data Format: HDF5 Spatial Resolution: 60 m to 70 m x 60 m to 70 m Projection: Not specified Sensor: Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) Platform: Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT) Coverage Period: 2003-2009
ID: ILNSAW1B Description: Level-1B geolocated and filtered spot elevation measurements of sea ice collected at 523 nm (green wavelength) Data Format: HDF5 Spatial Resolution: 2 m x 2 m, varies Projection: Not specified Sensor: Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) Platform: C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B Coverage Period: 2017-2019
Ice sheet velocity reveal important information about changing ice sheet dynamics. This ice sheet velocity inventory is not representative of all available datasets, but some of the most utilized datasets.
ID: Not specified Description: Compliation of recent ice velocity data of the AIS Data Format: ASCII (.txt) Spatial Resolution: Not specified Projection: Not specified Sensor: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), High Resolution Visible Imaging System (HRV), Thematic Mapper (TM) Platform: SPOT-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, LANDSAT, NOAA POES Coverage Period: 1975 to curent
ID: NSIDC-0710 Description: Compilation of ice velocity mappings derived from Landsat-8 panchromatic images Data Format: NetCDF, PNG, GeoTIFF Spatial Resolution: 300 m Projection: Not specified Sensor: Operational Land Imager (OLI) Platform: Landsat-8 Coverage Period: 2013-2017
Ice sheet gravity reveal important information about changing ice sheet dynamics. This ice sheet gravity inventory is not representative of all available datasets, but some of the most utilized datasets.
ID: IGGRV1B Description: Measurements collected from Sander Geophysics AIRGrav (airborne gravity system), as part of Operation IceBridge Data Format: XML, ASCII Spatial Resolution: 5 km to 7 km Projection: WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413) | WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031) Sensor: AIRGrav Platform: DC-8, P-38 Coverage Period: 2009-2018