World Glacier Monitoring Service - Global Glacier State (Central Asia)
WGMS global glacier mass-balance dataset including reference and observed glaciers in the Tien Shan and Pamir (Central Asia water towers). Provides downloadable CSV of reference-glacier mass balance and access to the Fluctuations of Glaciers database underpinning Central Asian streamflow and water-availability studies.
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At a glance
- Region
- Global (Central Asia coverage) (Asia)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Glacier mass balance
- Snow and ice
- Cryosphere
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 mass balance
- 02
Glacier change
Track glacier retreat over decades.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
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
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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