This glacier cataloging is supported jointly by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and United Nation Environment Program/Regional Resources center, Asia and The Pacific (UNEP/RRC-AP), Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI)
1. Glacier cataloging uses Landsat (TM, ETM), Aster remote sensing data, and reverse
2. Glacier cataloging coverage: Pumqu (Arun), Rongxer (Tama Koshi), Poiqu (Bhote Sun Koshi), Jilongchangbu (Trishuli), Zangbuqin (Budhigandaki), Majiacangbu (Humla Karnali) and other watersheds in the Himalayan region
3. The content of glacier cataloging includes: glacier location, glacier code, glacier name, glacier area, glacier length, glacier thickness, ice storage, glacier type, glacier orientation, and other attributes
collect time | 2004/01/01 - |
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collect place | Pengqu basin in Himalayas |
data size | 98.9 MiB |
data format | Vector |
Coordinate system | WGS84 |
Projection | Transverse_Mercator |
Glacier cataloging uses Landsat (TM, ETM) and Aster remote sensing data to reflect the current status of glaciers in the Himalayan region in 2004.
Visual interpretation
The dataset is controlled for quality through strict manual review
# | title | file size |
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1 | _ncdc_meta_.json | 3.8 KiB |
2 | china_glacier.zip | 98.5 MiB |
3 | 中国喜马拉雅山地区朋曲流域冰川编目数据-文档.rar | 424.1 KiB |
Glacier orientation Glacier type Glacier length Glacier catalogue Ice reserves Glacier thickness Glacier name
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