Data set update: GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1

The GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated. This update includes new outlines for several glaciers in Alaska, Washington, Greenland, and New Zealand. Additionally, a number of glaciers in Washington and Wyoming are now classified as extinct. You can find more detailed information about these changes in the GLIMS Glacier Database V1 Change Log, which is located in the General Resources section on the data set's landing page: https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0272.

This data set is a comprehensive glacier inventory that provides information about the extent and rate of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. It uses data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard the Terra satellite, the Landsat series of satellites, and historical observations. The data set is produced in coordination with the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) initiative and covers the period from 1 January 1850 to the present.

Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.7265/N5V98602