GTN-G Data Access

Data Availability: Some data are available online for the Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) For a more complete discussion on the availability of WGMS data visit their "available data" page.

Access the Databases

• Glacier Mass Balance data for 55 glaciers for Canada, USA, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Russia, Kazakhstan, China. Older data is available upon request, while newer data can be viewed online.
  • MBB 1 1988-1989 [ order ]
  • MBB 2 1990-1991 [ order ]
  • MBB 3 1992-1993 [ order ]
  • MBB 4 1994-1995 [ link ]
  • MBB 5 1996-1997 [ pdf ]
  • MBB 6 1998-1999 [ pdf ]
  • MBB 7 2000-2001 [ pdf ]
  • MBB 8 2002-2003 [ pdf ]
  • MBB 9 2004-2005 [ summary ]

• The World Glacier Inventory (WGI) contains information for over 67,000 glaciers through out the world.

  | Access the WGI database |

Data Quality

   The accuracy of the data is the responsibility of the data collectors in the individual countries. All data are subject to plausibility checks while loading them into the database (Haeberli and Hoelzle 1995, Hoelzle and Trindler, 1997). There are some exceptions which are marked with 'unchecked'. (from the WGMS web site)

Data Products

• World Glacier Inventory from the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service at the National Geophysical Data Center.

| World Glacier Inventory Map Server |

Other Information

The WGMS exchanges data with the World Data Center A for Glaciology (WDC-A) and the Global Resources Information Database (GRID) of GEMS.

Page reviewed or revised June 15, 2007