Glaciers 2012 ...

• Main Author: Gruber, Stephan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: University of Zurich 2017
• Subjects: glaciers; Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere; Environment; Geo Scientific Information; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7488/ds/1878; https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2528

Inventory of glaciers giving data on their area, perimeter and shape. This data has been collected by the World Glacier Monitoring Service and was released as part of a larger permafrost dataset (http://hdl.handle.net/10672/299). The derivation of the dataset is described in this publication . The derivation of the dataset is described in this publication . In it, issues of uncertainty and heterogeneity are discussed in detail. These are especially important when using such data for validating other models. Updated statistics for global/national permafrost areas as well as plots detailing the nature of permafrost areas in terms of latitude, elevation, heterogeneity and terrain ruggedness are available and include an estimation of uncertainty. The data are provided "as is" and University of Zurich makes no representations or warranties, express or implied. By way of example, but without limitation, University of Zurich makes no representations or warranties of merchantibily or tness for any particular purpose ... : ESRI Shapefile ...