High Mountain Asia Gridded Glacier Thickness Change from Multi-Sensor DEMs, Version 1
Data set id:
HMA_Glacier_dH
DOI: 10.5067/GGGSQ06ZR0R8
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains gridded thickness changes for approximately 650 Himalayan glaciers between 1975 and 2000, and 1040 Himalayan glaciers between 2000 and 2016. The data were derived from KH-9 HEXAGON and ASTER digital elevation models (DEMs), by fitting robust linear trends to time series of elevation pixels over the glacier surfaces.
Parameter(s):
GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS
Platform(s):
HEXAGON KH-9, Terra
Sensor(s):
ASTER, CAMERA
Data Format(s):
NetCDF, TIFF
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1974 to 31 December 2017
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- 30 m
- 30 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
34.4
S:
27.4
E:
92.9
W:
75.4
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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