Glacier inventory dataset in Sikkim region, India - National Cryosphere Desert Data Center

English name

Glacier inventory dataset in Sikkim region, India

CSTR

CSTR:11738.11.ncdc.Westdc.2020.623

DOI

10.12072/ncdc.westdc.db3797.2023

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Glacier

contributors

WU Lizong

Datasets description

This glacier catalogue is supported by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and United National Environment Program / regional resource centre, Asia and the Pacific (UNEP / rrc-ap).

1. The glacier catalogues refer to Landsat 4 / 5 (MSS, TM / 1984 / 1999), Landsat 7 (TM & ETM +), irs-1c, liss-iii (1995 irs-1c) and (1997 irs-1d) remote sensing data, reflecting the glacier status in 2003.

2. Glacier cover: Tista basin, Sikkim area

3. Glacier cataloguing includes: Glacier location, glacier code, glacier name, glacier area, glacier length, glacier thickness, ice reserves, glacier type, glacier orientation and other attributes

Base information

collect time	2000/01/01 -
collect place	Sikkim region, India
data size	458.9 MiB
data format	Vector
Coordinate system	WGS84
Projection	2.Lambert conformal conic

Data source description

Landsat 4 / 5 (MSS, TM / 1984 / 1999), Landsat 7 (TM & ETM +, irs-1c, liss-iii (1995 irs-1c), (1997 irs-1d) and other remote sensing data

Data processing method

Visual interpretation

Data quality description

Data set quality control through strict manual audit

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Data reference

WU Lizong. Glacier inventory dataset in Sikkim region, India. National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(http://www.ncdc.ac.cn), 2021. https://cstr.cn/CSTR:11738.11.ncdc.Westdc.2020.623.
WU Lizong. Glacier inventory dataset in Sikkim region, India. National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(http://www.ncdc.ac.cn), 2021. https://www.doi.org/10.12072/ncdc.westdc.db3797.2023.

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This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License).

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Theme:
Glacier inventory glacier remote sensing image
Subject:
physical geography
Time:
2000
Place:
India Sikkim region

east 89.00

west 88.00

south 27.00

north 28.10

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contributors:: WU Lizong
author:: WU Lizong
manager:: Kang Jianfang

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contacts:: Li Hongxing
phone:: 0931-4967592
mailbox:: ncdc@lzb.ac.cn