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Glacier Inventory Mapping

Glacier Inventory Mapping is a systematic geospatial methodology for identifying, delineating, and quantifying the spatial distribution, geometric characteristics, and temporal changes of mountain glaciers within a defined region, serving as a foundational dataset for monitoring glacial retreat and assessing cryospheric response to climate change.

386

Publications

30.3K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

402

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

135

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Publications

386

The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers

W. T. Pfeffer, A. A. Arendt, Andrew Bliss et al. · Journal of Glaciology · 2014 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The second Chinese glacier inventory: data, methods and results

Wanqin Guo, Shiyin Liu, Junli Xu et al. · Journal of Glaciology · 2015 · 690 citations · Full text

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Landsat-based inventory of glaciers in western Canada, 1985–2005

Tobias Bolch, Brian Menounos, Roger Wheate · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2009 · 584 citations

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Remote sensing estimates of glacier mass balances in the Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalaya, India)

Étienne Berthier, Y. Arnaud, Rajiv Kumar et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2006 · 581 citations · Full text

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The GLIMS geospatial glacier database: A new tool for studying glacier change

Bruce Raup, Adina Racoviteanu, S. S. Khalsa et al. · Global and Planetary Change · 2006 · 519 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. TB
    Tobias Bolch

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    23 publications · 4.2K citations

    20

    h-index

  2. FP
    Frank Paul

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    21 publications · 3.8K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. SL
    Shiyin Liu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    17 publications · 2.1K citations

    15

    h-index

  4. AK
    Andreas Kääb

    University of Oslo, Norway

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

    13

    h-index

  5. LM
    Liss M. Andreassen

    Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norway

    13 publications · 990 citations

    12

    h-index

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Institutions

402

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    35 h-index

    115 publications

    21.3K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    30 h-index

    143 publications

    15.5K citations

  3. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    2K citations

  5. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    6.5K citations

  6. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

    Oslo, Norway

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

    Boulder, United States

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources

    Lanzhou, China

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. ˜The œcryosphere

    37 publications · 4.3K citations

    33

    h-index

  2. Annals of Glaciology

    42 publications · 3.5K citations

    31

    h-index

  3. Journal of Glaciology

    34 publications · 3.8K citations

    25

    h-index

  4. Earth system science data

    15 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

    h-index

  5. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research

    13 publications · 758 citations

    13

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