GLIMS definition of "glacier": revised GLIMS Analysis Tutorial

[Bruce Raup]

Hi all,

I received several messages from people with good suggestions for 
improvement of the definition.  The changes were mostly clarifications, 
rather than substantial changes to the definition itself.  I tried to 
accommodate the spirit of all suggestions.  I've also added a figure from 
Frank Paul illustrating a few of the issues.  I think there is definitely 
room for more illustrations of the issues!

I've just posted to the GLIMS the website the latest version of the GLIMS
Analysis Tutorial, linked from

http://glims.org/MapsAndDocs/guides.html


I also tried to clarify a bit some of the other discussion in this
tutorial, and I would appreciate hearing about any bits that aren't
understandable.

Best regards,
Bruce

On 2007-01-26 14:26 -0700,  Bruce Raup wrote:

> Dear fellow GLIMmerS,
> 
> Over the past year, beginning in earnest at the GLIMS workshop in New 
> Zealand (Feb. 2006), we have had several discussions about an operational
> definition of "glacier" for the GLIMS project.  I believe the discussions
> converged to a pretty workable definition, which is detailed in the GLIMS
> Analysis Tutorial, linked from
> 
> http://glims.org/MapsAndDocs/guides.html
> 
> In order to finalize this definition, I am sending this (overdue) message 
> to the GLIMS community to ask one last time for comments.  The rest of the 
> document discusses a number of other issues related to GLIMS glacier 
> delineation and data submission, and may help to understand the context for
> the definition of "glacier" for GLIMS.  I'll incorporate any feedback I
> receive by mid-February.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bruce
> 
> -- 
> Bruce Raup
> National Snow and Ice Data Center
> University of Colorado
> 449 UCB,  Boulder, CO 80309
> Phone:  303-492-8814
> http://cires.colorado.edu/~braup/
> 

-- 
Bruce Raup
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado
449 UCB,  Boulder, CO 80309
Phone:  303-492-8814
http://cires.colorado.edu/~braup/