Imaging · collection · 2026
Global Land Ice Velocity Extraction from Landsat 8 (GoLIVE), Version 2
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/4w1syqfr8flm
This data set is a compilation of ice velocity mappings for all terrestrial permanent ice larger than 5 km squared within the latitude range 82°S to 82°N, generated from pairs of Landsat 8 panchromatic images acquired between May 2013 and May 2021.
Description
The data are updated monthly with new Landsat 8 images that are paired with older images acquired within 400 days of the new acquisition for the Antarctic ice sheet; 112 days for the Greenland ice sheet; and 96 days for all other glacierized areas.
The data are generated with an image correlation algorithm that produces grids of ice displacement referenced to in-image rock outcrops, slow moving ice, or lacking that, the satellite's geo-positioning (accurate to +/- 5 m). Velocity vector grids are generated at a sample spacing of 300 m from small sub-images that are either 300 m or 600 m on a side, depending on the region. For example, ice sheet areas are mapped with 600 m x 600 m sub-images, and mountain glaciers are mapped with 300 m x 300 m sub-images.
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Accuracy of the velocity data varies depending on the time separation between the images, ranging between ~1 m/d per day to 0.02 m/d per day. NOTE: A reprocessed version of these data is available from the ITS_LIVE project (nsidc.org/apps/itslive/), which uses additional imagery and a more robust algorithm to produce global ice velocities for all areas of permanent ice larger than 5 square km, from 1984 to present.
GoLive data are stored on the University of Colorado Boulder Research Computing FTP site. To access these files, go to NSIDC's <a href="nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/how-access-nsidc-data-using-ftp-client-command-line-wget-or-python">"How to access NSIDC data using an FTP client, command line, wget, or Python"</a> webpage. Under the heading "How to find a data set's FTP address on NSIDC servers," GoLive's FTP data locations can be found under "Data sets hosted on dtn.rc.colorado.edu."
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.5067/4w1syqfr8flm ↗
Provides access to data, documentation, tools, citation information, support, and other resources.
landing page · documentation · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF nsidc.org/sites/default/files/documents/user-guide/nsidc-0710-v002-userg… ↗
Global Land Ice Velocity Extraction from Landsat 8 (GoLIVE), Version 2 User Guide
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4200222120-NSIDCV0.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource dtn.rc.colorado.edu/work/nsidc0710/directory ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- nsidc.org /forms/NSIDC-0710_or.html?major_version=2 ↗
Direct download, with optional registration page.
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/global-land-ice-velocity-extraction-from-landsat-8-gol… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4200222120-NSIDCV0.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=26068b5f-cf80-484d-b703-c4de7f95a… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4200222120-NSIDCV0.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion · Ice Velocity · LANDSAT-8 · Operational Land Imager
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Image 75% · Physical geography and environmental geoscience 73%
Provenance · 2 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4200222120-NSIDCV0 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 26068b5f-cf80-484d-b703-c4de7f95a1d1 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3709 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:oli | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/climate-indicators/cryospheric-indicators/glacial-measurements/glacier-motion-ice-sheet-motion | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/snow-ice/ice-velocity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:landsat-8 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |