Greenland Ice Mapping Project: ice flow velocity variation at sub-monthly to decadal timescales

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: I. Joughin, B. E. Smith, I. Howat
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2211-2018; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2211/2018/tc-12-2211-2018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/654def6937c945b7b1be631be2d74410

We describe several new ice velocity maps produced by the Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) using Landsat 8 and Copernicus Sentinel 1A/B data. We then focus on several sites where we analyse these data in conjunction with earlier data from this project, which extend back to the year 2000. At Jako...