World Glacier Inventory, Version 1

Description

The World Glacier Inventory (WGI) contains information for over 130,000 glaciers, or about 85% of the total estimated number of glaciers. Inventory parameters include geographic location, area, length, orientation, elevation, and classification. The WGI is based primarily on aerial photographs and maps with most glaciers having one data entry only. Hence, the dataset can be viewed as a snapshot of the glacier distribution in the second half of the 20th century. It is based on the original WGI (WGMS 1989) from the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS).

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%2FN5%2FNSIDC-WGI-2012-02
21 Direct download, with optional registration page. https://nsidc.org/forms/G01130_or.html?major_version=1
21 Get data using a database search interface. http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_inventory/
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5/NSIDC-WGI-2012-02

Tags

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

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Arctic
  • Melting Glaciers, Snow and Ice