Brief communication:getting Greenland’s glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names
Place names in Greenland can be difficult to get right, as they are a mix of Greenlandic, Danish, and other foreign languages. In addition, orthographies have changed over time. With this new data set, we give the researcher working with Greenlandic glaciers the proper tool to find the correct name...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/3f60ef7f-2006-4748-9047-9c47e2c7ba63 2023-12-10T09:48:49+01:00 Brief communication:getting Greenland’s glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names Bjørk, Anders Anker Kruse, L. M. Michaelsen, P. B. 2015-12-01 application/pdf https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/brief-communication(3f60ef7f-2006-4748-9047-9c47e2c7ba63).html https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015 https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/150696572/tc_9_2215_2015.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Bjørk , A A , Kruse , L M & Michaelsen , P B 2015 , ' Brief communication : getting Greenland’s glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names ' , The Cryosphere , vol. 9 , pp. 2215-2218 . https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015 article 2015 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015 2023-11-15T23:59:45Z Place names in Greenland can be difficult to get right, as they are a mix of Greenlandic, Danish, and other foreign languages. In addition, orthographies have changed over time. With this new data set, we give the researcher working with Greenlandic glaciers the proper tool to find the correct name for glaciers and ice caps in Greenland and to locate glaciers described in the historic literature with the old Greenlandic orthography. The data set contains information on the names of 733 glaciers, 285 originating from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and 448 from local glaciers and ice caps (LGICs). Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Greenland greenlandic Ice Sheet The Cryosphere University of Copenhagen: Research Greenland The Cryosphere 9 6 2215 2218 |
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Place names in Greenland can be difficult to get right, as they are a mix of Greenlandic, Danish, and other foreign languages. In addition, orthographies have changed over time. With this new data set, we give the researcher working with Greenlandic glaciers the proper tool to find the correct name for glaciers and ice caps in Greenland and to locate glaciers described in the historic literature with the old Greenlandic orthography. The data set contains information on the names of 733 glaciers, 285 originating from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and 448 from local glaciers and ice caps (LGICs). |
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Brief communication:getting Greenland’s glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names |
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Bjørk , A A , Kruse , L M & Michaelsen , P B 2015 , ' Brief communication : getting Greenland’s glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names ' , The Cryosphere , vol. 9 , pp. 2215-2218 . https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015 |
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