Glacier Inventory of West Greenland  View Catalog Page Entry ID
G01375
Summary
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.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 71°
S: 59°
E: -43°
W: -53°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Weidick, A., C. E. Boeggild, and N. T. Knudsen.
Dataset Title: Glacier Inventory of West Greenland
Dataset Release Date: 1992-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g01375.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N50Z715N
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1948-01-01
Stop Date: 1985-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA GREENLAND
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glaciers
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glaciers
Ancillary Keywords
- G01375
- glaciers
- Greenland
- Inventory
- NOAA
- NSIDC
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
- Elevation
- Geoscientific Information
Platform
- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
- AIRCRAFT
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- GROUND STATIONS
- LANDSAT
- MAPS
Instrument
Quality
Note that if the glacier terminated in the sea, the glacier terminus was not measured and the Minimum glacier elevation field was left blank in the data file.
Data Set Progress
complete
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 32 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Anker Weidick
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Geological Survey of Greenland
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Carl Egede Boeggild
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Geological Survey of Greenland
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Niels Tvis Knudsen
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Geological Survey of Greenland
- Copenhagen, Denmark
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
All About Glaciers
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
World Glacier Inventory
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
World Glacier Inventory Catalog page at NSIDC
Reference
Weidick, A., Boeggild, C. E., and Knudsen, N. T. 1992: Glacier inventory and atlas of west Greenland. Rapport Groenlands Geologiske Undersoegelse, 158
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1992-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-07
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