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

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    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.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/10JHXYLCEFVX
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id dd192f5d-418c-4ea2-9316-b40a8b6e3e63
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-52.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":72.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-30.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":61.0}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a2e2a79dfea2bfc2ccb623ecc22953210b75e5256f74b6bb05673e6cfa26a54c
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1978-01-01/1988-12-31

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