Alaska Tidewater Glacier Terminus Positions, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0634
DOI: 10.5067/3OOVUDFK3R0W
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
initial release
Overview
This data set contains Alaska tidewater glacier terminus positions digitized from USGS topographic maps and Landsat images.
Parameter(s):
ICE EXTENT
Platform(s):
LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7
Sensor(s):
ETM+, MSS, TM
Data Format(s):
ASCII, Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1948 to 31 December 2012
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- 30 m
- 30 m
Spatial Coverage:
N:
61.5
S:
56.5
E:
-132
W:
-151
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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