Elevation Change of the Southern Greenland Ice Sheet from 1978-88, Version 1

Description

Southern Greenland ice sheet elevation change estimates are derived from SEASAT and GEOSAT radar altimetry data from 1978 to 1988. Data are confined to 61-72 deg N, 30-50 deg W, above 1700 m elevation. The addition of GEOSAT Geodetic Mission (GM) data results in twice as many crossover points and 50% greater coverage than previous studies. Coverage above 2000 m elevation is improved to 90%, and about 75% of the area between 1700 m and 2000 m is now covered. Data are in ASCII text format, available via FTP, and consist of elevation change rate (dH/dt, cm/year) and corresponding error estimates in 50 km grid cells.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/10JHXYLCEFVX
21 Direct download via HTTPS protocol. https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/parca/nsidc0223_elevation_change
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2F10JHXYLCEFVX

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  • glaciers-ice-sheets
  • cryosphere
  • terrestrial-hydrosphere
  • earth-science

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