PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask Sentinel-2 RGB mosaic (August 2022)

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Luetzenburg, Gregor; Korsgaard, Niels J.; Deichmann, Anna K.; Fausto, Robert S., 2025, "PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask Sentinel-2 RGB mosaic (August 2022)", https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/OUKHBW, GEUS Dataverse, V1
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PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask Sentinel-2 RGB Mosaic (August 2022)

Short description
High-resolution Sentinel-2 RGB mosaics covering the ice margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet used to derive the PROMICE-2022 ice mask. The mosaics were compiled from Sentinel-2 imagery acquired in August 2022 and processed to Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) format with ZSTD compression for efficient access and reduced file size.

The dataset is provided as nine regional mosaics to balance file size, spatial coverage, and usability. The nine directional tiles included are:
SW, W, NW, NNW, NNE, NE, EN, ES, SE.

The scripts used to create these mosaics are available at the PROMICE ice mask GitHub repository: https://github.com/GEUS-Glaciology-and-Climate/PROMICE-ice-mask.

Files included

  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_SW_COG.tif — COG mosaic, southwest Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_W_COG.tif — COG mosaic, west Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_NW_COG.tif — COG mosaic, northwest Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_NNW_COG.tif — COG mosaic, north-northwest Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_NNE_COG.tif — COG mosaic, north-northeast Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_NE_COG.tif — COG mosaic, northeast Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_EN_COG.tif — COG mosaic, east-northeast Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_ES_COG.tif — COG mosaic, east-southeast Greenland
  • Sentinel_2_August_2022_SE_COG.tif — COG mosaic, southeast Greenland

Technical summary

  • Source: Sentinel-2 Level-2 imagery (Copernicus/ESA)
  • Acquisition: August 2022
  • Resolution: native Sentinel-2 RGB
  • Format: Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)
  • Compression: ZSTD (lossless, optimized for cloud access)
  • CRS: WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413)

Licence & attribution

The underlying Sentinel-2 imagery is distributed under the Copernicus Open Access Licence (Copernicus/ESA). Users are requested to acknowledge Copernicus/ESA when using the mosaics. The PROMICE-2022 derivative products in this Dataverse are provided under the terms described in the dataset metadata.

Terms of use

If the data are presented or used to support results of any kind, please include an acknowledgement and references to the applicable publications:

  • Reference to the peer-reviewed article presenting the PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask:
    Luetzenburg, G. et al. (preprint). PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask: A High-Resolution Outline of the Greenland Ice Sheet from August 2022. Earth Syst. Sci. Data.
    https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-415
  • Reference to the dataset itself (see citation and DOI at the top of this page).

If the data are crucial to the main conclusions of a manuscript or presentation of any kind, please contact a relevant member of the PROMICE team at GEUS and include them in the manuscript author list.

Usage notes

  • The mosaics are provided as nine COG files to allow efficient streaming and subsetting without downloading the full dataset.
  • They were used to manually delineate the PROMICE-2022 ice mask and are suitable for high-resolution visual interpretation and as a mask for Sentinel-2 based classification workflows.

Related Datasets

PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask (Master Dataset)
The PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask is the primary output of this data release and provides the updated delineation of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The mask was derived using multiple datasets, including the Sentinel-2 mosaics provided here.
Access it here: https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/O8CLRE

PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask QGIS Bundle
This bundle provides the PROMICE-2022 ice mask together with a preconfigured QGIS project, layer styles, and WMS layers (e.g., Sentinel-2, SPOT 6/7, topographic maps). It is recommended for users who want to explore the ice mask and reference imagery inside a fully prepared GIS environment.
Access it here: https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/ARQ2L1

Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Related Publication Luetzenburg, G., Korsgaard, N. J., Deichmann, A. K., Socher, T., Gleie, K., Scharffenberger, T., Meyer, R. P., Fahrner, D., Nielsen, E. B., How, P., Bjørk, A. A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Ahlstrøm, A. P., and Fausto, R. S.: PROMICE-2022 Ice Mask: A high-resolution outline of the Greenland Ice Sheet from August 2022, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint] in review, 2025. doi: 10.5194/essd-2025-415
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