Glacier Inventory of West Greenland

Data Contributors WEIDICK, ANKER BOEGGILD, CARL EGEDE KNUDSEN, NIELS TVIS Parameters GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS Instruments VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

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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.

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Weidick, A., C. E. Boeggild, and N. T. Knudsen. 1992. Glacier Inventory of West Greenland. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N50Z715N.

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• World Glacier Inventory Catalog page at NSIDC
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