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A database of global glacier and glacierised volcano properties, including measurements of glacier velocity, thickness and climate for the period 2017-2018

This database incorporates glacier, glacierised volcano and climate properties from multiple sources for all glaciers listed in the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) v.6.0. The database is presented as a single CSV file and comprises: glacier locations and geometric properties (from the year ~2000); glacierised volcano locations and properties (from the year ~2018); mean annual air temperatures and total annual precipitation for glaciers globally for the periods 1991-2020 and 2017-2018; and measurements of median velocity and thickness for glaciers globally for the period 2017-2018. The database was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics by researchers in the Department of Natural Science at Manchester Metropolitan University to: (i) compare the properties of glaciers near active volcanos (i.e. within 5 km) and other glaciers (> 5 km from an active volcano) globally for the period 2017-2018; (ii) to investigate the extent of geometric, volcanic and climatic controls on glacier velocities, and; (iii) to investigate relationships between glacierised volcano properties and the velocities of glaciers near volcanoes.

This research was funded by a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant: RPG-2019-093.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01801
Date (Publication)
2024-09-13
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01801
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Mallalieu, J., Barr, I., Spagnolo, M., Mullan, D., Symeonakis, E., Edwards, B., & Martin, M.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Volcanoes
BAS Free-text keywords
  • climate
  • glacier thickness
  • glacier velocity
  • volcano
Use limitation
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Elevation
  • Geoscientific information
  • Inland waters
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Begin date
1991
End date
2020
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Protocol
http
Name
GET DATA
Function
download Download
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No
Statement

Note that these data are compiled from multiple sources and therefore have variable levels of quality and accuracy. Whilst the dataset is suited for providing global-scale overviews of glacier properties, we recommend that the data for individual glaciers is used with caution and, where possible, supported with additional glacier- or region-specific sources. For detailed data accuracy and quality information please refer to respective sources outlined in the Lineage/methodology section:

Glacier shapefiles and geometry: RGI v.6.0

Glacierised volcano locations and properties: Edwards et al. 2020

Additional glacierised volcano properties: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program Holocene Volcano List

Mean annual air temperature and total annual precipitation for RGI v.6.0 glaciers: ECMWF ERA5

Global glacier velocities and thicknesses: Millan et al. 2022

Greenland peripheral glacier and ice cap velocities: MEaSUREs NSIDC-0725

Data in columns glacier.vel.count - glacier.term.type have been collated and/or processed by the authorship team, with missing data expressed as NA. Data in columns rgi.id - glacier.name are copied from the RGI v.6.0 in their original form and may contain spurious values.

File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01801 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-09-13
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01801
 
 

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