GLACIER THICKNESS DATABASE (GlaThiDa)

(A) CITATION RECOMMENDATION

The dataset is open access for scientific and educational purposes under requirement of correct citation of the database (http://dx.doi.org/10.5904/wgms-glathida-2014_09), related publications (Gärtner-Roer et al. 2014), and/or the original investigators and sponsoring agencies according to the available meta-information.

(B) DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER AND RELATED METADATA OF THE CURRENT DATABASE VERSION

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for version 2016


DOI for scientific data (Identifier): 10.5904/wgms-glathida-2016-07

Creators:
- Gärtner-Roer, Isabelle (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
- Naegeli, Kathrin (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
- Huss, Matthias (University of Friboug; Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), Switzerland)
- Knecht, Thomas (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
- Machguth, Horst (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
- Zemp, Michael (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Contributors:
Gärtner-Roer, Isabelle (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Andreassen, Liss M. (Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norway)
Bjerre, Elisa (Arctic Technology Centre at DTU, Denmark)
Farinotti, Daniel (Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland)
Fischer, Andrea (Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF), Austria)
Fischer, Mauro (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Helfricht, Kay (Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF), Austria)
Huss, Matthias (University of Friboug; Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), Switzerland)
Knecht, Thomas (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Kutuzov, Stanislav (University of Reading, UK)
Landmann, Johannes (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Lavrentiev, Ivan (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)  
Li, Huilin (Tianshan Glaciological Station CAS, China) 
Machguth, Horst (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Naegeli, Kathrin (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Navarro, Francisco (ETSI Telecomunicacion-Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) 
Rabatel, Antoine (University Grenoble Alpes, France)
Stentoft, Peter (Arctic Technology Centre at DTU, Denmark)
Zemp, Michael (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Title: Glacier Thickness Database (GlaThiDa)

Publisher: World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

PublicationYear: 2016

Release date: 2016-07-04

Citation: WGMS (2016): Glacier Thickness Database 2.0. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland. DOI:10.5904/wgms-glathida-2016-07. Online access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5904/wgms-glathida-2016-07

Related publications:

Gärtner-Roer, I., Naegeli, K., Huss, M., Knecht, T., Machguth, H., Zemp, M. (2014): A database of worldwide glacier thickness observations. Global and Planetary Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.003

Language: English

Data format: csv-file, zipped

Data size: 9 MB

Rights: Open access for scientific and educational purposes under requirement of correct citation (see above).

Description: Internationally collected, standardized dataset on glacier thickness from in-situ and remotely sensed observations, based on data submissions, literature review and airborne data from NASA's Operation IceBridge.

Spatial coverage: global

Temporal coverage: 1955-2015 AD

(C) README

ERRATA:
A revised version of the 2016 version of this data set has been issued on 2016-10-27. Amendments comprise:
- The correction of lat/lon issues for some Norwegian, Chilean and Chinese glaciers in the TTT file.
- The correction of a wrong survey date for RHONE glacier in the TTT file (typo)
- The deletion of a point with dubious coordinates on URUMQI NO.1 in the TTT file

(D) DISCLAIMER
The data might be subject to errors and inaccuracies. Hence, we strongly suggest to perform data quality checks and, in case of ambiguities, to contact us as well as the investigators and sponsoring agencies of the glaciers.