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MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry

Entry ID: NSIDC-0498

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Summary

Abstract: This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides 17 years of comprehensive high-resolution mapping of grounding lines in Antarctica, derived using differential satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR) data from the Earth Remote Sensing Satellites 1 and 2 (ERS-1 and ERS-2), RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, and ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -60.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl

Dataset Title: MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding LIne from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry

Dataset Release Date: 2011-12-13

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0498.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Stop Date: 2009-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1

ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2

Instrument

SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar

PALSAR > Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

MEASURES > Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheet

Antarctica

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 168 MB

Distribution Format: ASCII text

Personnel

ERIC RIGNOT

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 818-354-1640

Email: eric.rignot at jpl.nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA JPL

City: Pasadena

Province or State: CA

Postal Code: 91109

Country: USA

Publications/References

Rignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl. 2011. Antarctic grounding line mapping from differential satellite radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L10504,doi:10.1029/2011GL047109.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-06

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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