Glacier Inventory of West Greenland, 1948 - 1985, Version 1

Description

The inventory includes 5,297 Glaciers from west Greenland between 59 to 71 degrees latitude north and 43 to 53 degrees longitude west. The glacier data basin division is based on a simplified version of the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) system. Data are based on 1:250000 maps, Landsat imagery, and aerial photos that were taken between 1948 and 1985.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7265%2FN50Z715N
21 Direct download, with optional registration page. https://nsidc.org/forms/G01375_or.html?major_version=1
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.7265/N50Z715N

Tags

  • glaciers-ice-sheets
  • cryosphere
  • terrestrial-hydrosphere
  • earth-science

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