Concept information
Preferred term
GLIMS
Definition
- GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) is a project designed to monitor the world's glaciers. Over 60 institutions across the globe are involved in GLIMS. The project is coordinated by Principal Investigator Jeffrey S. Kargel (jkargel@usgs.gov) of the USGS Astrogeology Research Program. The GLIMS web site is managed by Bruce Raup of the National Snow & Ice Data Center and Deborah Lee Soltesz of USGS Astrogeology Research Program. The objectives of the project are to establish a global inventory of land ice, including surface topography, to measure the changes in extent of glaciers and, where possible, their surface velocities. This project is designed to use primarily data from the ASTER (Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer) instrument, and the monitoring activities are expected to continue through the life of the ASTER mission. This work will also establish a digital baseline inventory of ice extent for comparison with inventories at later times. Project Website: "http://www.glims.org/" (en)
Broader concept
- G - I (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e2746156-f174-4624-adaa-f79a55cb86f1
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}