Table · collection · 2005
GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.7265/n5v98602
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) is an international initiative with the goal of repeatedly surveying the world's estimated 200,000 glaciers.
Description
GLIMS uses data collected by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard the Terra satellite and the LANDSAT series of satellites, along with historical observations. The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps.
The GLIMS Glacier Database was built up from data contributions from many glaciological institutions, which are managed by Regional Coordinators, who coordinate the production of glacier mapping results for their particular region. The GLIMS Glacier Database provides students, educators, scientists, and the public with reliable glacier data from these analyses. New glacier data are continually being added to the database.
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The GLIMS Glacier Viewer was developed to provide the public with easy access to the GLIMS Glacier Database. This Web application allows users to view and query several thematic layers, including glacier outlines, Regional Coordinator institution locations, the World Glacier Inventory, and more. GLIMS data can be downloaded into a number of GIS-compatible formats, including ESRI Shapefiles, MapInfo tables, Geographic Mark-up Language (GML), and Keyhole Mark-up Language (KML) suitable for viewing in Google Earth.
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.7265/n5v98602 ↗
Provides access to data, documentation, tools, citation information, support, and other resources.
landing page · documentation · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource nsidc.org/sites/default/files/documents/technical-reference/glims-glacie… ↗
GLIMS Glacier Database V1 Change Log (15 July 2026)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1 User Guide nsidc.org/sites/default/files/documents/user-guide/nsidc-0272-v001-userg… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1386250255-NSIDCV0.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- daacdata.apps.nsidc.org /pub/DATASETS/nsidc0272_GLIMS_v1 ↗
Quickly download a few files using a web browser, or access data through a command-line utility such as WGET.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource glims.org ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource glims.org/maps/textsearch ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/glims-glacier-database-version-1-758ef ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1386250255-NSIDCV0.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=e3c6dcf3-4565-43bf-accb-e62f90459… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1386250255-NSIDCV0.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer · Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1) · Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus · Glacier Extent · LANDSAT-7
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience 73%
Provenance · 2 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1386250255-NSIDCV0 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | e3c6dcf3-4565-43bf-accb-e62f90459de5 | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3709 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:aster | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:etm | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/glaciers-ice-sheets/glaciers/glacier-extent | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:landsat-7 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:terra | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |