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Theme 5 - Cryosphere and Polar Oceans - Ice Sheet Dynamics: Jakobshavn Glacier Velocity Maps (March-July 2011)

This dataset has been produced as part of the Theme 5 (Cryosphere and Polar Oceans) in the National Centre for Earth Observation which aims to use new EO data to quantify changes in the mass balance of the cryosphere and to develop new models to represent the relevant processes in coupled climate prediction models.

This dataset holds timeseries of Greenland glacier velocity fluctuations as maps for the period March-July 2011. The 37 velocity maps were derived from SAR data acquired during the 2011 ERS-2 3-day campaign. The velocity maps are 3-day velocity averages and are given in meters per year (m/y) (magnitude values). The name of the velocity files provides the start and end date of each 3-day period.

The velocity fields were transformed to map coordinates using the GLAS/ICESat 1 km Laser Altimetry Digital Elevation Model of Greenland which is provided at Polar Stereographic grids (DiMarzio, J., Brenner, A., Schutz, R., Schuman, A. & Zwally, H.J. (2007)): GLAS/ICESat 1 km laser altimetri digital elevation model of Greenland. Boulder,

Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Centre. Digital media).

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Date (Publication)
2012-06-27T18:04:39
Date (Creation)
2012-06-27T18:04:39
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f85043abfb1bddd5fbaa857ef2d00b55
Identifier
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / f85043abfb1bddd5fbaa857ef2d00b55
Author
  National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) - author
United Kingdom
+44 (0)116 2522016
Author
  Unavailable - Shepherd, Andrew ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Sundal, Aud ( author )
Custodian
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - distributor
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Principal investigator
  National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) - principal_investigator
United Kingdom
+44 (0)116 2522016
pointofContact
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - point_of_contact
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - publisher
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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Keywords
  • NCEO
  • Greenland
  • glacier
  • velocity
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Begin date
2011-03-12T00:00:00
End date
2011-06-30T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • Maps and images are stored as TIFF formatted file. A metadata readme file is associated with the files in the archive. ()

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  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - Data Center Contact
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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Strozzi, T., Luckman, A., Murray, T., Wegmuller, U. & Werner, C. (2002): Glacier motion  estimation using SAR offset-tracking procedures. IEEE Transactions on Geocscience and  Remote Sensing, 40, 2384-2391.

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2010-12-08
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Data prepared by authors and sent to NERC Earth Observations Data Centre (NEODC) for archiving.
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f85043abfb1bddd5fbaa857ef2d00b55 XML
Metadata language
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National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO): Ice Sheet Dynamics Data 65a7f71acfd09155c4d21a6491b834d6
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:02:56
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
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