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    • World Glacier Inventory, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: September 22, 2025

    Notice: Due to funding limitations, this data set was recently changed to a “Basic” Level of Service. Learn more about what this means for users and how you can share your story here: Level of Service Update for Data Products.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).

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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 April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 22, 2025
    Publisher NSIDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.7265/N5/NSIDC-WGI-2012-02
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
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    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://noaadata.apps.nsidc.org/NOAA/G01130/
    Old Spatial
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 19da0e4acf6ea215b29bd1fff7d054d65a2b1ceaec44a6ca8e8eb9b0ebaf5b46
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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