Documentation Overview
Welcome to the technical documentation for SHIFT (SHeffield Ice Flow Tracker) and SHIVER (SHeffield Ice Velocity ExploreR). Select a section below to explore our methodology, data sources, and interactive tools.
Greenland Data Sources
This page provides details of all data sources contributing to our Greenland data cube.
Antarctic Data Sources
This page provides details of all data sources contributing to our Antarctic data cube.
SHIFT Algorithms
This page provides technical documentation for SHIFT (SHeffield Ice Flow Tracker). SHIFT is the processing pipeline we use to derive velocity fields from Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image pairs.
Data Cube Generation
This page describes our ice velocity data cubes - what they are and how we create them.
SHIVER Timeseries Explorer
This page provides detailed documentation for SHIVER (SHeffield Ice Velocity ExploreR). SHIVER allows you to explore and download a multitude of ice velocity measurements for Greenland and Antarctica using one simple interface.
Cloud Data Access
This page provides a summary of how to access the SHIVER data programmatically. By accessing the data through the cloud, you can scale up and expand on any analysis or discoveries you've made in the application.
Citation & License
This page provides details of how to cite SHIFT, SHIVER and other datasets incorporated into our interface.



