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  • World Glacier Inventory

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2022

    The World Glacier Inventory (WGI) contains information for over 130,000 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).

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    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 Date August 13, 2015
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2022
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 1999 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NSIDC

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 13, 2015
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2022
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 1999 (publication)
    Responsible Party World Glacier Monitoring Service (Point of Contact); National Snow and Ice Data Center (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid noaa.ncei.nsidc.G01130
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff ["Arctic","Melting Glaciers, Snow and Ice"]
    Access Constraints Access Constraints : none, Use Constraints : none
    Bbox East Long 180
    Bbox North Lat 89.3
    Bbox South Lat -71.66
    Bbox West Long -180
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 2ac9b5c4-ab94-4911-ac31-5ab22004b7bf
    Harvest Source Id f24c6629-4c02-44bc-863f-5f319481e810
    Harvest Source Title NSIDC
    Licence
    Metadata Language eng; usa
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -71.66], [180.0, -71.66], [180.0, 89.3], [-180.0, 89.3], [-180.0, -71.66]]]}
    Progress complete
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 19000101
    Temporal Extent End 20031231

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