A database of global glacier and glacierised volcano properties, including measurements of glacier velocity, thickness and climate for the period 2017-2018

This database incorporates glacier, glacierised volcano and climate properties from multiple sources for all glaciers listed in the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) v.6.0. The database is presented as a single CSV file and comprises: glacier locations and geometric properties (from the year ~2000); glacierised volcano locations and properties (from the year ~2018); mean annual air temperatures and total annual precipitation for glaciers globally for the periods 1991-2020 and 2017-2018; and measurements of median velocity and thickness for glaciers globally for the period 2017-2018. The database was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics by researchers in the Department of Natural Science at Manchester Metropolitan University to: (i) compare the properties of glaciers near active volcanos (i.e. within 5 km) and other glaciers (> 5 km from an active volcano) globally for the period 2017-2018; (ii) to investigate the extent of geometric, volcanic and climatic controls on glacier velocities, and; (iii) to investigate relationships between glacierised volcano properties and the velocities of glaciers near volcanoes.

This research was funded by a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant: RPG-2019-093.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01801

Date (Publication): 2024-09-13

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01801

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre	Mallalieu, J., Barr, I., Spagnolo, M., Mullan, D., Symeonakis, E., Edwards, B., & Martin, M.	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Volcanoes

BAS Free-text keywords

climate
glacier thickness
glacier velocity
volcano

Use limitation: Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Elevation
Geoscientific information
Inland waters
Location

Begin date: 1991

End date: 2020

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
http		GET DATA

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines

Date

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Statement: Note that these data are compiled from multiple sources and therefore have variable levels of quality and accuracy. Whilst the dataset is suited for providing global-scale overviews of glacier properties, we recommend that the data for individual glaciers is used with caution and, where possible, supported with additional glacier- or region-specific sources. For detailed data accuracy and quality information please refer to respective sources outlined in the Lineage/methodology section:

Glacier shapefiles and geometry: RGI v.6.0

Glacierised volcano locations and properties: Edwards et al. 2020

Additional glacierised volcano properties: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program Holocene Volcano List

Mean annual air temperature and total annual precipitation for RGI v.6.0 glaciers: ECMWF ERA5

Global glacier velocities and thicknesses: Millan et al. 2022

Greenland peripheral glacier and ice cap velocities: MEaSUREs NSIDC-0725

Data in columns glacier.vel.count - glacier.term.type have been collated and/or processed by the authorship team, with missing data expressed as NA. Data in columns rgi.id - glacier.name are copied from the RGI v.6.0 in their original form and may contain spurious values.