GLIMS: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

Monitoring the World's Changing Glaciers

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GLIMS-related Publications (by year; not complete)

2015

  • Abrams, Michael, Hiroji Tsu, Glynn Hulley, Koki Iwao, David Pieri, Tom Cudahy, Jeffrey Kargel (2015). "The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) after fifteen years: Review of global products.". International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 38:292--301. Elsevier. | Download

2014

  • I. Gärtner-Roer and K. Naegeli and M. Huss and T. Knecht and H. Machguth and M. Zemp (2014). "A database of worldwide glacier thickness observations". Global and Planetary Change 122:330--344.
  • Pfeffer, W. Tad and Anthony A. ARENDT and Andrew BLISS and\nTobias BOLCH and J. Graham COGLEY and Alex S. GARDNER and\nJon-Ove HAGEN and Regine HOCK and and Georg KASER and Christian\nKIENHOLZ and Evan S. MILES and Geir MOHOLDT and Nico M{\\"O}LG\nand Frank PAUL and Valentina RADIC and Philipp RASTNER and\nBruce H. RAUP and Justin RICH and Martin J. SHARP and THE\nRANDOLPH CONSORTIUM (2014). "The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of\nglaciers". Journal of Glaciology 60:537--552.

2013

  • Paul, F.; N. Barrand; E. Berthier; T. Bolch; K. Casey; H. Frey; S.P. Joshi; V. Konovalov; R. Le Bris; N. Moelg; G. Nosenko; C. Nuth; A. Pope; A. Racoviteanu; P. Rastner; B. Raup ; K. Scharrer; S. Steffen; S. Winsvold (2013). "On the accuracy of glacier outlines derived from remote sensing data". Annals of Glaciology 53 (63):171--182. | Download

2012

  • Raup, B.H. and J.S. Kargel (2012). "Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS)".:A247-A260. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.
  • Schaner, Neil; Nathalie Voisin; Bart Nijssen; Dennis P Lettenmaier (2012). "The Contribution of Glacier Melt to Streamflow". Environmental Research Letters 7 IOP Publishing. (doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034029, http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/3/034029/pdf/1748-9326_7_3_034029.pdf) | Download

2010

  • Berthier, E. et al. (2010). "Contribution of Alaskan glaciers to sea-level rise derived from satellite imagery, ICESat". Nature Geoscience 3:92-95.
  • Bolch, T.; B. Menounos; R. Wheate (2010). "Landsat-based Inventory of Glaciers in Western Canada, 1985--2005". Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (2010):127--137. | Download
  • [phdthesis] Heyman, Jakob (2010). "Palaeoglaciology of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau". Stockholm University. | Download
  • [incollection] K"a"ab, Andreas (2010). "The role of remote sensing in worldwide glacier monitoring", in "The role of remote sensing in worldwide glacier monitoring", Pellika, Petri.:285-296. CRC Press.
  • Kargel, Jeffrey S.; Gregory leonard (2010). "Satellite Monitoring of Pakistan's Rockslide-Dammed Lake Gojal". Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union 91 (43):394--395. | Download
  • Ranzi, R.; G. Grossi; A. Gitti; S. Taschner (2010). "Energy and mass balance of the Mandrone Glacier (Adamello, Central Alps)". Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria 33:45--60. | Download
  • Shahgedanova, Maria; Gennady Nosenko; Tatyana Khromova; Anton Muraveyev (2010). "Glacier shrinkage and climatic change in the Russian Altai from the mid-20th century: An assessment using remote sensing and PRECIS regional climate model". Journal of Geophysical Research 115 (D16107) | Download

2009

  • Haritashya, Umesh K.; Michael P. Bishop; John F. Shroder; Andrew B.G. Bush; Henry N.N. Bulley (2009). "Space-based Assessment of Glacier Fluctuations in the Wakhan Pamir, Afghanistan". Climatic Change 94:5--18. (doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9555-9) | Download
  • Moussavi, M.S. and Zoej, M.J. Valadan and Vaziri, F. and\nSahebi, M.R. and Rezaei, Y. (2009). "A new glacier inventory of Iran". Annals of Glaciology 50:93--103.
  • Ohmura, Atsumu (2009). "Completing the World Glacier Inventory". Annals of Glaciology 50 (53):144--148. | Download
  • Paul, F.; R.G. Barry; J.G. Cogley; H. Frey and W. Haeberli; A. Ohmura; C.S.L. Ommanney; B. Raup; A. Rivera; M. Zemp (2009). "Recommendations for the Compilation of Glacier Inventory Data from Digital Sources". Annals of Glaciology 50 (53):119--126. | Download
  • Racoviteanu, Adina E.; Frank Paul; Bruce Raup; Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa; Richard Armstrong (2009). "Challenges and recommendations in mapping of glacier parameters from space: results of the 2008 Global Land and Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA". Annals of Glaciology 53:53--69. | Download

2008

  • Andreassen, L. M.; Paul, F.; Kaeaeb, A.; Hausberg, J.E. (2008). "Landsat-derived glacier inventory for Jotunheimen, Norway, and deduced glacier changes since the 1930s". The Cryosphere 2 (2):131--145. Web | Download
  • Beedle, M. J.; Dyurgerov, M.; Tangborn, W.; Khalsa, S. J. S.; Helm, C.; Raup, B.; Armstrong, R.; Barry, R. G. (2008). "Improving estimation of glacier volume change: a GLIMS case study of Bering Glacier System, Alaska". The Cryosphere 2 (1):33--51. | Download
  • MacDonald, Stuart; Luis Martinez Uribe (2008). "Libraries in a converging world of open data, e-research, and Web 2.0". Online 32 (2) | Download
  • Racoviteanu, Adina E.; Yves Arnaud; Mark W. Williams; Julio Ordonez (2008). "Decadal Changes in Glacier Parameters in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Derived from Remote Sensing". Journal of Glaciology 54 (186):499--510. Web | Download
  • Racoviteanu, Adina; Mark Williams; Roger G. Barry (2008). "Optical Remote Sensing of Glacier Characteristics: A Review with Focus on the Himalaya". Sensors 8:3355-3383. (doi:10.3390/s8053355) | Download
  • [phdthesis] Tesi, Titolo (2008). "Monitoring Ice Velocity Field in Victoria Land (Antarctica) Using Cross-Correlation Techniques on Satellite Images".:104. Universit`a di Bologna. | Download

2007

  • Hoelzle, M., et al. (2007). "The application of glacier inventory data for estimating past climate change effects on mountain glaciers: A comparison between the European Alps and the Southern Alps of New Zealand". Global and Planetary Change 56 (1--2):69-82. | Download
  • Molnia, Bruce (2007). "Late nineteenth to early twenty-first century behavior of Alaskan glaciers as indicators of changing regional climate". Global and Planetary Change 56 (1--2):23--56. | Download
  • Raup, B.H.; A. Racoviteanu; S.J.S. Khalsa; C. Helm; R. Armstrong; Y. Arnaud (2007). "The GLIMS Geospatial Glacier Database: a New Tool for Studying Glacier Change". Global and Planetary Change 56:101--110. (doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.018) | Download
  • Raup, Bruce; Andreas K"a"ab; Jeffrey S. Kargel; Michael P. Bishop; Gordon Hamilton; Ella Lee; Frank Paul; Frank Rau; Deborah Soltesz; Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa; Matthew Beedle; Christopher Helm (2007). "Remote Sensing and GIS Technology in the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Project". Computers and Geosciences 33:104--125. (doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2006.05.015) | Download

2006

  • Rau, Frank; Jeffrey S. Kargel; Bruce H. Raup (2006). "The GLIMS Glacier Inventory of the Antarctic Peninsula". Earth Observer 18 (6):9--11. | Download
  • [mastersthesis] Schicker, Irene (2006). "Changes in Area of Stubai Glaciers Analysed by Means of Satellite Data for the GLIMS Project". University of Innsbruck. | Download

2005

  • Kargel, Jeffrey S.; 16 others (2005). "Multispectral Imaging Contributions to Global Land Ice Measurements from Space". Remote Sensing of Environment 99:187--219. (doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.07.004) | Download

2004

  • Bishop, M.P.; J.A. Olsenholler; J.F. Shroder; R.G. Barry; B.H. Raup; A.B.G. Bush; L. Copland; J.L. Dwyer; A.G. Fountain; W. Haeberli; A. K"a"ab; F. Paul; D.K. Hall; J.S. Kargel; B.F. Molnia; D.C. Trabant; R. Wessels (2004). "Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): Remote Sensing and GIS Investigations of the Earth's Cryosphere". Geocarto International 19 (2)
  • Khalsa, S.J.S.; M.B. Dyurgerov; T. Khromova; B.H. Raup; R.G. Barry (2004). "Space-based mapping of glacier changes using ASTER and GIS tools". IEEE Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing 42 (10):2177--2182. | Download

2003

  • Glazovsky, A.F. and V.M Kotlyakov and G.A. Nosenko (2003). "First Experience of Space Images Reduction for the\nGlaciated Russian Regions in Frame of GLIMS Project". Materialy Glatsiologicheskikh Issledovanii (Reports on\nGlaciological Research) 94:194--202.

2000

  • Raup, Bruce H.; Hugh H. Kieffer; Trent M. Hare; Jeffrey S. Kargel (2000). "Generation of Data Acquisition Requests for the ASTER Satellite Instrument for Monitoring a Globally Distributed Target: Glaciers". IEEE Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing 38 (2):1105--1112. | Download

Historical Conference Presentations

Below are a few selected presentations from conferences other than GLIMS-specific workshops or meetings.

  • GLIMS: Progress in Mapping the World's Glaciers (presentation for IGARSS 2007, Barcelona, Spain), Khalsa, Raup, Armstrong, Helm, Dyurgerov PDF
  • GLIMS: Progress in Mapping the World's Glaciers (poster for IUGG symposium in Perugia, Italy, 2007), Raup, Khalsa, Helm, Armstrong PDF
  • The GLIMS Geospatial Glacier Database (poster at EGU 2005, Vienna, Austria), Raup, Khalsa, Armstrong, Helm. PDF
  • (Global Change) Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): Documenting the Demise of Earth's Glaciers Using ASTER (Jeffrey S. Kargel, AGU 2001 press conference) PDF 32 KB