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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 for major glacier-covered regions, derived from Landsat 4, 5, 7, and 8 imagery. Data are available from 1985 to 2018. Data availability is significantly limited prior to 2013 due to image scarcity and low image quality; however annual coverage is nearly complete for the years following the Landsat 8 launch in 2013.
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Gardner, A., Fahnestock, M., & Scambos, T. (2022). MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7 Date Accessed: 2026-10-25
@misc{gardner_fahnestock_scambos_2022,
title={MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0776/versions/1},
DOI={10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Gardner, Alex and Fahnestock, Mark and Scambos, Ted},
year={2022},
}
Gardner, A., Fahnestock, M., & Scambos, T. (2022). MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7 Date Accessed: 2026-10-25
Gardner, Alex, et al. “MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Regional Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5067/6II6VW8LLWJ7. Date Accessed: 2026-10-25
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