Glacier Mass Balance and Regime Measurements and Analysis, 1945-2003

Data Contributors DYURGEROV, MARK Parameters GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ABLATION ZONES/ACCUMULATION ZONES > MASS BALANCE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE > MASS BALANCE

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This data set consists of glacier regime parameters observed between 1945 and 2003. Data include annual mass balances, ablation, accumulation, and equilibrium-line altitude of mountain and subpolar glaciers outside the two major ice sheets. All available sources of information, such as publications, archived data, and personal communications have been collected, and include time series of more than 300 glaciers. Data have been digitized and quality checked. The data are available on CD-ROM from the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) when a hardcopy of INSTAAR Occasional Paper #55 is ordered, or on FTP from NSIDC.

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Dyurgerov, M. 2002, updated 2005. Glacier Mass Balance and Regime Measurements and Analysis, 1945-2003. [indicate subset used]. Edited by W. Meier and R. Armstrong. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N52N506F.

See Also

• This is INSTAAR Occasional Paper No. 55, describing the dataset, its compilation, and results and conclusions.
• Global Glacier Recession
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