Glacier Photograph Collection

Data Contributors

FIELD, WILLIAM O.
MOLNIA, BRUCE F.
REID, HARRY F., ET AL.

Parameters

GLACIERS
VISIBLE IMAGERY

Instruments

CAMERAS

The National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder (NSIDC/WDC) houses many photographic prints of glaciers, taken both from the air and from the ground. These photographs constitute an important historical record, as well as a data collection of interest to those studying the response of glaciers to climate change. NSIDC is partnering with the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) and the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) to digitize selected photographs and to make them available through a searchable interface. These photographs comprise the Glacier Photograph Collection. More than 4,000 glacier photographs are online, and most of these glaciers are in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Greenland. The collection includes a smaller number of glaciers photographs for Europe and South America. In March, 2006, a special collection of repeat photographs was added. Updates to this product are ongoing. Access to the Glacier Photograph Collection is unrestricted, but users are encouraged to register for the data. Registered users will receive e-mail notification about any product changes.

Data Citation

To cite the Glacier Photograph Collection, please use the following citation:

NSIDC/WDC for Glaciology, Boulder, compiler. 2002, updated 2007. Glacier photograph collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Digital media.

To cite individual photographs taken from the Glacier Photograph Collection, please see instructions in the documentation.

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