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    • Global Glacier Debris Thickness Estimates and Sub-Debris Melt Factors V001

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    This data set includes spatially distributed estimates of the debris thickness and sub-debris melt enhancement factors for every debris-covered glacier in the Randolph Glacier Inventory Version 6, excluding the ice sheets and Antarctic Periphery. The debris thickness estimates are derived using a novel approach that uses a combination of sub-debris melt inversion and surface temperature inversion methods. The sub-debris melt enhancement factors are estimated from the debris thickness using debris thickness-melt curves normalized by estimates of the clean-ice melt.

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    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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2048907945-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2000-01-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id cd8889c5-9193-478b-af8d-a06e19d27d88
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/8DQKWY03KJWT
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -56.0 180.0 84.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1ef4e7c89049f7f324f123e7cfd0f6172ce594512f9693a3fdc9bb2b283bc0cb
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2018-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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