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.

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Greenland Data Sources

This page provides details of all data sources contributing to our Greenland data cube.

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Antarctic Data Sources

This page provides details of all data sources contributing to our Antarctic data cube.

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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.

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Data Cube Generation

This page describes our ice velocity data cubes - what they are and how we create them.

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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.

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Citation & License

This page provides details of how to cite SHIFT, SHIVER and other datasets incorporated into our interface.