Dataset
Data From: The Geography of Glaciers and Perennial Snowfields in the American West
Geology Faculty Datasets
Sponsor
This work was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Western Mountain Initiative and the U.S. Forest Service.
Document Type
Dataset
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Subjects
- Glaciers -- Inventories -- West (U.S.),
- Glaciers -- West (U.S.) -- Measurement
Disciplines
Abstract
A comprehensive mid-20th century inventory of glaciers and perennial snowfields (G&PS) was compiled for the American West, west of the 100° meridian. The inventory was derived from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 topographic maps based on aerial photographs acquired during 35 years,1955–1990.
Rights
This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
DOI
10.15760/geology-data.04
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39247
Citation Information
Fountain, Andrew G.; Glenn, Bryce; and Basagic, Hassan J., "Data From: The Geography of Glaciers and Perennial Snowfields in the American West" (2023). Geology Faculty Datasets. 4. https://doi.org/10.15760/geology-data.04
The data supports a manuscript published in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, “The Geography of Glaciers and Perennial Snowfields in the American West”. http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21113
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The data sets below contain digital elevation models of the glacier populated regions and shape files of the glaciers and perennial snowfields in Arc and GeoJSON formats.