Dataset
ESA Greenland Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Greenland_Ice_Sheet_cci): Ice Velocity time series for the Kangerlussuaq glacier from ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat for 1992-2008, v1.0
Abstract
This dataset contains a time series of ice velocities for the Kangerlussuaq glacier in Greenland, derived from intensity-tracking of ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat data aquired between 02/01/1992 and 17/12/2008. The data provides components of the ice velocity and the magnitude of the velocity, and has been produced by the ESA Greenland Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project.
The data are provided on a polar stereographic grid (EPSG3413: Latitude of true scale 70N, Reference Longitude 45E) with 500m grid spacing. The image pairs used have a repeat cycle between 3 and 35 days. The horizontal velocity is provided in true meters per day, towards the EASTING(x) and NOTHING(y) directions of the grid, and the vertical displacement (z), derived from a digital elevation model, is also provided.
The product was generated by GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland).
Details
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| Access rules: |
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_icesheets_greenland_terms_and_conditions.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data were produced by GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) as part of the ESA CCI Greenland Ice Sheet project and were supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project. |
| Data Quality: |
As provided by the CCI Greenland Ice Sheets team
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| File Format: |
Data is provided as a single NetCDF file.
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | Mobile Platform Operation for: Envisat |
| Mobile Platform Operation 2 | Mobile Platform Operation for: European Remote Sensing satellite 2 (ERS-2) |
| Mobile Platform Operation 3 | Mobile Platform Operation for: ERS-1 |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Ice velocity time series derived from intensity tracking of ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT data for the Greenland Ice Sheet CCI project. |
| Abstract | Ice Velocity time series have been derived from intensity-tracking of ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat data for the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Greenland Ice Sheet project. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: crs
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_easting_velocity
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_easting_velocity_std
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_northing_velocity
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_northing_velocity_std
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_velocity_magnitude
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_velocity_magnitude_std
- units: m/day
- var_id: land_ice_surface_vertical_velocity
- var_id: time_bnds
- units: m
- var_id: x
- standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
- long_name: x coordinate of projection
- names: projection_x_coordinate, x coordinate of projection
- units: m
- var_id: y
- standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
- long_name: y coordinate of projection
- names: projection_y_coordinate, y coordinate of projection
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- long_name: Midpoint time of acquisitons used
- names: time, Midpoint time of acquisitons used
Temporal Range
1992-01-02T00:00:00
2008-12-17T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-80.0000° |
-10.0000° |
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60.0000° |