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ESA Glaciers Climate Change Initiative (Glaciers CCI): Randolph Glacier Inventory gridded data product, v5.0

The Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI 5.0) is a global inventory of glacier outlines. It is supplemental to the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space initiative (GLIMS). Production of the RGI was motivated by the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5). Future updates will be made to the RGI and the GLIMS Glacier Database in parallel during a transition period. As all these data are incorporated into the GLIMS Glacier Database and as download tools are developed to obtain GLIMS data in the RGI data format, the RGI will evolve into a downloadable subset of GLIMS, offering complete one-time coverage, version control, and a standard set of attributes.

The product provided here is a converted raster version of the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI 5.0) data, provided by the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Glaciers project. The CCI Glaciers project is one of a number of contributors to the RGI 5.0 dataset. For more details, and for a complete list of contributors, please see the RGI 5.0 Technical Report in the Documentation section below.

The following reference is recommended when citing RGI version 5.0:

Arendt, A., A. Bliss, T. Bolch, J.G. Cogley, A.S. Gardner, J.-O. Hagen, R. Hock, M. Huss, G. Kaser, C. Kienholz, W.T. Pfeffer, G. Moholdt, F. Paul, V. Radić, L. Andreassen, S. Bajracharya, N.E. Barrand, M. Beedle, E. Berthier, R. Bhambri, I. Brown, E. Burgess, D. Burgess, F. Cawkwell, T. Chinn, L. Copland, B. Davies, H. De Angelis, E. Dolgova, L. Earl, K. Filbert, R. Forester, A.G. Fountain, H. Frey, B. Giffen, N. Glasser, W.Q. Guo, S. Gurney, W. Hagg, D. Hall, U.K. Haritashya, G. Hartmann, C. Helm, S. Herreid, I. Howat, G. Kapustin, T. Khromova, M. König, J. Kohler, D. Kriegel, S. Kutuzov, I. Lavrentiev, R. LeBris, S.Y. Liu, J. Lund, W. Manley, R. Marti, C. Mayer, E.S. Miles, X. Li, B. Menounos, A. Mercer, N. Mölg, P. Mool, G. Nosenko, A. Negrete, T. Nuimura, C. Nuth, R. Pettersson, A. Racoviteanu, R. Ranzi, P. Rastner, F. Rau, B. Raup, J. Rich, H. Rott, A. Sakai, C. Schneider, Y. Seliverstov, M. Sharp, O. Sigurðsson, C. Stokes, R.G. Way, R. Wheate, S. Winsvold, G. Wolken, F. Wyatt, N. Zheltyhina, 2015, Randolph Glacier Inventory – A Dataset of Global Glacier Outlines: Version 5.0. Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, Boulder Colorado, USA. Digital Media.

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Date (Publication)
2016-04-12T14:19:51
Date (Creation)
2016-04-12T14:19:51
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5daf1ff8dd2941a18bb4120ceea95721
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 5daf1ff8dd2941a18bb4120ceea95721
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  Unavailable - Hagen, J.-O. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Huss, M. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kaser, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kienholz, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Pfeffer, W.T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Radic, V. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Andreassen, L. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Bajracharya, S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Barrand, N.E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Beedle, M. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Berthier, E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Bhambri, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Brown, I. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Burgess, D. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Cawkwell, F. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Chinn, T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Davies, B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - De Angelis, H. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Dolgova, E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Earl, L. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Filbert, K. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Forester, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Fountain, A.G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Giffen, B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Glasser, N. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Guo, W.Q. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Hagg, W. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Hall, D. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Haritashya, U.K. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Hartmann, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Helm, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Herreid, S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Howat, I. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kapustin, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Khromova, T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Konig, M. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kohler, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kriegel, D. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kutuzov, S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Lavrentiev, I. ( author )
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  Unavailable - LeBris, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Liu, S.Y. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Li, X. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Lund, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Manley, W. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Marti, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mayer, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Miles, E.S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Menounos, B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mercer, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Molg, N ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mool, P. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Nosenko, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Negrete, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Nuimura, T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Nuth, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Pettersson, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Racoviteanu, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Ranzi, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Rastner, P. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Rau, F. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Raup, B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Rich, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Rott, H. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Sakai, A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Schneider, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Seliverstov, Y. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Sharp, M. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Sigurðsson, O. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Stokes, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Way, R.G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Wheate, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Winsvold, S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Wolken, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Wyatt, F. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Zheltyhina, N. ( author )
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Publisher
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
  • glaciers
  • glaciers
  • ESA
  • Glaciers
  • CCI
  • RGI
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_glaciers_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Begin date
1999-01-01T00:00:00
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2010-12-31T00:00:00
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WGS 84
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  • Data are stored as a plain text .dat file ()

Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Randolph Glacier Inventory 5.0 Technical report

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ESA Climate Change Initiative website

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ESA CCI Glaciers project website

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Pfeffer, W. et al, 2014,'The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers'

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were produced by an international consortium (http://www.glims.org/RGI/), and this derived raster version of the project forms part of the data provided by the ESA CCI Glaciers project and was supplied to CEDA as part of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project
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Parent identifier
ESA Glaciers Climate Change Initiative (Glaciers CCI) Dataset Collection b05d478170e14356bbe2c3cce3f7bf67
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:05:47
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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