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World Glacier Inventory, Version 1

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The World Glacier Inventory (WGI) contains information for over 130,000 glaciers, or about 85% of the total estimated number of glaciers. Inventory parameters include geographic location, area, length, orientation, elevation, and classification. The WGI is based primarily on aerial photographs and maps with most glaciers having one data entry only. Hence, the dataset can be viewed as a snapshot of the glacier distribution in the second half of the 20th century. It is based on the original WGI (WGMS 1989) from the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS).

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher NSIDC
Maintainer
Identifier C1386246230-NSIDCV0
Data First Published 1900-01-01
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2003-12-31
Category geospatial
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Public Access Level public
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Citation World Glacier Inventory, Version 1. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, National Snow and Ice Data Center. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5/NSIDC-WGI-2012-02.
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7265/N5/NSIDC-WGI-2012-02
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
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Temporal 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z/2003-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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