Dear colleagues – We are happy to be able to announce the release of version 3.2 of the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI). It features improved accuracy of glacier outlines in many places, notably Alaska (more recent source imagery) and South America (source imagery with less seasonal snow), filling of some gaps (for example in the tropics and in Burma), and correction of errors in a number of places. The RGI is downloadable from http://glims.org/RGI/, where there is also a Technical Report describing the main features of the inventory. Certain restrictions still apply to use of the RGI, but these restrictions will be relaxed upon publication of AR5, the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the report for which the RGI was originally compiled). Planning is under way for the assimilation of new material from the RGI into GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space), so that GLIMS as well as the RGI will be globally complete. There is, however, no schedule yet for completion of this non-trivial project. Two examples of the potential of the RGI for advancing global-scale glaciology are Gardner et al., 2013, A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise: 2003 to 2009, Science, 340, 852-857; and Radiæ et al., 2013, Regional and global projections of 21st century glacier mass changes in response to climate scenarios from global climate models, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1719-7. A number of other publications that rely on earlier versions of the RGI have also appeared recently. With regards, Tad Pfeffer, Anthony Arendt, Andy Bliss, Tobias Bolch, Graham Cogley (correspondence to gcogley@trentu.ca please), Alex Gardner, Jon Ove Hagen, Regine Hock, Georg Kaser, Christian Kienholz, Evan Miles, Geir Moholdt, Nico Mölg, Frank Paul, Valentina Radiæ, Philipp Rastner, Bruce Raup, Justin Rich, Martin Sharp. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange