Glacier inventory dataset of Bhutan - National Cryosphere Desert Data Center

English name

Glacier inventory dataset of Bhutan

CSTR

CSTR:11738.11.ncdc.Westdc.2020.399

DOI

10.12072/ncdc.westdc.db3812.2023

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Glacier

contributors

WU Lizong

Datasets description

This glacier inventory is supported by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the United Nations Environment Programme/Regional Resource Centre, Asia and The Pacific (UNEP/RRC-AP).

1.The glacier inventory incorporates topographic map data, and reflects the status of glaciers in the region in 2000.

2.The spatial coverage of the glacier inventory includes the following: Pa Chu Sub-basin,Mo Chu Sub-basin,Thim Chu Sub-basin,Pho Chu Sub-basin,Mangde Chu Sub-basin, Chamkhar Chu Sub-basin,Kuri Chu Sub-basin,Dangme Chu Sub-basin,Northern Basin, etc.

3.The glacier inventory includes the following data fields: glacier location, glacier code, glacier name, glacier area, glacier length, glacier thickness, glacier stocks, glacier type, glacier orientation, etc.

4.Data projection:

Projection: Polyconic

Ellipsoid: Everest (India 1956)

Datum: Indian (India, Nepal)

False easting: 2,743,196.4

False northing: 914,398.80

Central meridian: 90°0'00'' E

Central parallel: 26°0'00' N

Scale factor: 0.998786

For a detailed description of the data, please refer to the data file and report.

Base information

collect time	2000/01/01 -
collect place	Bhutan
data size	6.4 MiB
data format	Vector
Coordinate system	WGS84
Projection	Polyconic

Data source description

This ice lake cataloging is supported jointly by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the United National Environment Programme/Regional Resource Centre, Asia and The Pacific (UNEP/RRC-AP)

Data processing method

Automatic observation of instruments and manual statistical data

Data quality description

The dataset is controlled for quality through strict manual review

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Data reference

WU Lizong. Glacier inventory dataset of Bhutan. National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(http://www.ncdc.ac.cn), 2021. https://cstr.cn/CSTR:11738.11.ncdc.Westdc.2020.399.
WU Lizong. Glacier inventory dataset of Bhutan. National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(http://www.ncdc.ac.cn), 2021. https://www.doi.org/10.12072/ncdc.westdc.db3812.2023.

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license agreement

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

Relevant data
File list

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1	Glacial catalogue data set of Nepal
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3	Glacier Inventory Dataset of Himachal Pradesh, India
4	Glacier Cataloging Data in the Pengqu Basin of the Himalayan Mountains in China
5	Glacier Inventory Data for the North Anchal Pradesh Region, India
6	Glacier inventory dataset in Sikkim region, India
7	Bhutan ice lake catalogue data set
8	The Second Glacier Cataloguing Data Set of the Altay Mount Taishan Mountains in China (V1.0)
9	The Second Glacier Inventory Dataset of the Kunlun Mountains in China（V1.0）
10	Second Glacier Cataloging Dataset in the Yarkand River Basin, China (V1.0)

#	title	file size
1	Glacier.rar	5.1 MiB
2	不丹冰川编目数据集-文档.rar	1.2 MiB

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Theme:
Glacier glacier catalogue glacier location glacier code glacier name glacier area glacier length glacier thickness ice storage glacier type glacier orientation
Subject:
physical geography
Time:
2000
Place:
Bhutan

east 92.20

west 88.52

south 26.50

north 28.50

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contributors:: WU Lizong
author:: WU Lizong
manager:: LI Hongxing