NSIDC-0272
GLIMS Glacier Database
GLIMS, and NSIDC.
GLIMS Glacier Database
2005-06-21updated 2012
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0272.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5V98602
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Glaciers
Glacier Extent
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Glaciers
Glacier Extent
Geoscientific Information
Imagery/Base Maps/Earth Cover
ASTER
Digital Mapping
GIS
Glacier
GLIMS
Global Change
Maps
NSIDC
NSIDC DAAC
ASTER
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
ETM+
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
LANDSAT-7
TERRA
Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
1850-01-01
in work
-90
90
-180
180
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
GLOBAL LAND
GLIMS
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
Some data in the GLIMS database are under embargo at the request of the submitter. The GLIMS Glacier Viewer requires Java and Javascript to run properly.
English
NSIDC_DAAC
NSIDC_DAAC
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org
Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
Online (HTTP)
ESRI Shapefiles
Online (HTTP)
GML
Online (HTTP)
ASCII Text
Online (HTTP)
KML
Online (HTTP)
WFS
Online (HTTP)
WMS
FTP
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) is an international project with the goal of surveying a majority of the world's estimated 160,000 glaciers. GLIMS uses data collected primarily by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard the Terra satellite and the LANDSAT Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), along with historical observations.
The GLIMS project is currently creating a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's glacial resources. GLIMS consists of many institutions called Regional Centers, who produce glacier analyses for their particular region. The GLIMS Glacier Database provides students, educators, scientists, and the public with reliable glacier data from these analyses. New glacier data are continually being added to the database.
The GLIMS Glacier Viewer Web Mapping Service (WMS) was developed to provide the public with easy access to the GLIMS Glacier Database. This WMS allows users to view and query several thematic layers, including glacier outlines, ASTER footprints, Regional Center locations, and the World Glacier Inventory. Query results can be downloaded into a number of GIS-compatible formats, including ESRI Shapefiles, MapInfo tables, and Geographic Mark-up Language (GML).
Please note, the citation below is a general citation for the entire GLIMS data collection. If you download data, please use the appropriate citation(s) listed in the file called 'CITATIONS_nnnn.txt' (where nnnn is a number) for the specific GLIMS data you use.
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
http://nsidc.org/glims/
GLIMS Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
http://www.glims.org/
GLIMS: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/
Atlas of the Cryosphere
CEOS IDN DIF
9.7
2005-06-21
2013-03-13
Small update to citation. No QC needed.