Title

Alpine Glacier Inventory 2015

License

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Abstract

Consistent, Alpine-wide glacier inventory (August 2015) with an unprecedented spatial resolution of 10 m (Sentinel 2).

Publication Date

Jan. 7, 2021, 9 a.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

glacier

Category

Environment

environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape

Regions

Europe

Responsible

prastner

Group

Registered Members

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1805-2020

More info

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Maintenance Frequency

Frequency Of Maintenance For The Data Is Not Known

Restrictions

Some limitations apply to the access or use of the data

Purpose

This research has been supported by the European Space Agency (grant no. 4000109873/14/I-NB) and the
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) that is implemented
by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
(ECMWF) on behalf of the European Commission.

Language

English

Temporal Extent

Aug. 1, 2015, 10:48 a.m. - Oct. 1, 2017, 10:49 a.m.

Data Quality

High consistency and quality where glacier boundaries (clean ice) are well visible. Glacier identification difficult over debris covered glacier parts.

Supplemental Information

No information provided

Spatial Representation Type

vector data is used to represent geographic data

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