The GlobGlacier project

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The GlobGlacierproject• WGMSInvolved user groups:• GLIMS• scientists (cryosphere, climate modelling, sea-level-rise)• GTOS/GCOSInterested users:• UNESCO (GRID-Geneva)• hydrological programmes and organisations• further scientists and the general public
Areas of interest:• Representative key regions (without the two Ice Sheets)• entire mountain ranges or massifs• several 10’000 km 2Selection criteria for representative regions:Climate change detection:• Include and extend available long-term in-situ measurements• Bridge geographic gaps of the world glacier inventory (WGI) also withrespect to DEM coverage (outside SRTM)• include different glacier geometries (size, aspect, dynamics, …)Sea level rise:• Large area covered, climatically sensitive regionClose coordination with GLIMS and WGMSThe GlobGlacierproject
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Page 5: User requirements meetings22-23 Jun
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