World Glacier Monitoring Service (2008): (Appendix 2) Glacier events up to the year 2005 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786380, In supplement to: World Glacier Monitoring Service (2008): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2000-2005. In: Haeberli, W; Zemp, M; Kääb, A; Paul, F; Hoelzle, M (eds.), ICSU (FAGS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, IX, 266 pp, hdl:10013/epic.39784.d001
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 40.359726 * Median Longitude: -17.901263 * South-bound Latitude: -51.020000 * West-bound Longitude: -153.020000 * North-bound Latitude: 78.800000 * East-bound Longitude: 170.480000
Minimum ORDINAL NUMBER: 1 * Maximum ORDINAL NUMBER: 203
Comment:
1 = event type involved, 0 = event type not involved.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Country | Country | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 2 | Code | Code | World Glacier Monitoring Service | national code | ||
| 3 | Identification | ID | World Glacier Monitoring Service | WGMS_ID | ||
| 4 | Glacier | Glacier | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 5 | Area/locality | Area | World Glacier Monitoring Service | general | ||
| 6 | Area/locality | Area | World Glacier Monitoring Service | specific | ||
| 7 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 8 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 9 | Date | Date | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 10 | ORDINAL NUMBER | Ord No | Geocode | |||
| 11 | Glacier surge | Glac surge | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 12 | Calving instability | Calving | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 13 | Glavier flood | Flood | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 14 | Ice avalanche | Avalanche | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 15 | Tectonic event | Tectonic | World Glacier Monitoring Service | |||
| 16 | Other event | Other event | World Glacier Monitoring Service |
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