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GLIMS Glacier Database
International inventory of 200,000+ glaciers worldwide from satellite imagery (ASTER, Landsat) providing glacier outlines, area, snowlines, and change rates in GIS-compatible formats
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- 200,000+ glaciers worldwide (1850-present)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
What's inside
- Glacier Outlines
- Glacier Area
- Change Detection
- Snowline Data
- GIS Shapefiles
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Melt runoff
Forecast snowmelt contributions to rivers.
Because it has: Glacier Outlines
- 02
Glacier change
Track glacier retreat over decades.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Cloud-free snow maps
Fill snow cover hidden by cloud with ML.
- 02
Melt-season flows
Predict melt-season river flow from snow and weather.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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