%0 Dataset %T Data from the Urumqi Heyuan 1 glacier alpine environment monitoring system, 2003-2006 %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/a1ccf4e4-0d1d-11e6-af40-5cc5d45ad3ae %W NCDC %R 10.12072/Tianshan.011.2017.db %A LI zhongqin %A Feiteng Wang %K Temperature %X This dataset is the data of alpine environment monitoring system of Urumqi Heyuan No.1 glacier from 2003 to 2006. It makes systematic observation records of temperature, humidity, air pressure, soil moisture, water tension, CO2 content, precipitation wind speed, wind direction and radiation. Tianshan No. 1 glacier is a double-branch ice bucket valley glacier, 2.2 kilometers long, average width of 500 meters, an area of 1.828 square kilometers, the maximum thickness of 140 meters, the highest point of the elevation of 4,476 meters, the average annual speed of movement of about 5 meters, the end of the tongue of the ice at an elevation of 3,734 meters, the snow line average height of 4,055 meters, towards the northeast, the main stream was “S “ type.