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While the technique has been shown to be effective on polar ice sheets, the accuracy of satellite-derived velocities in temperate alpine regions is poorly constrained. Flow velocities were measured in situ using an RTK-GPS along four profiles on Taku, Matthes, Vaughan-Lewis, and Llewellyn Glaciers in southeast Alaska from 2016 through 2018. These GNSS-measured velocities were correlated against spatially coincident and contemporaneous satellite-derived velocity datasets, including both versions 1 and 2 of ITS_LIVE and velocities determined by offset tracking of SAR data in the Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP) and GAMMA (RETREAT dataset). Significant gaps in velocity maps derived from optical imagery (Landsat\/Sentinel-2) were observed and determined to be due to low coherence rather than cloud contamination. Cross-correlation of SAR data (Sentinel-1) in SNAP and RETREAT achieved better accuracy compared to optical, although a strong dichotomy in performance was observed. SAR-derived velocities in the accumulation zone and transient snowline area showed overall poor correlation to GNSS-measured velocities that were likely due to significant shifts in the backscatter amplitude of the homogenous, snow-covered surface, although both SAR-derived SNAP and RETREAT velocities were anomalously accurate where GNSS velocities were below 0.10 m\/day along the glacier margins. SNAP and RETREAT achieved the most accurate results in the study in the ablation zone of the Llewellyn Glacier where stable backscatter targets on the glacier surface (crevasses, supraglacial debris) facilitated high coherence in the cross-correlation procedure. SAR data are likely the most suitable for the derivation of satellite-derived velocities on temperate alpine glaciers, particularly in slow-moving and ablation zones, but should be subject to scrutiny for fast-flowing glaciers and those with an active hydrologic surface system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15153828","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,1]],"date-time":"2023-08-01T09:24:24Z","timestamp":1690881864000},"page":"3828","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Uncertainty of Satellite-Derived Glacier Flow Velocities in a Temperate Alpine Setting (Juneau Icefield, Alaska)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7576-1854","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joshua T.","family":"Kelly","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, Geology, and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2311-0128","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mark","family":"Hehlen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK"}]},{"given":"Scott","family":"McGee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research\u2014Juneau Icefield Research Program, Seattle, WA 98105, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.1017\/jog.2018.23","article-title":"Continent-wide estimates of Antarctic strain rates from Landsat 8-derived velocity grids","volume":"64","author":"Alley","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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