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Global Glacier Ice Mass Balance Data
Entry ID: WGMS_GLACIER_ICE_MASS_BALANCE

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Summary
Abstract: The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) started to maintain and
continue the collection of information on ongoing glacier changes.
The Mass Balance Bulletin (MBB), a large part of the WGMS, contains
data documenting changes in glaciers through time (changes in mass,
volume, area and length of glaciers).

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Description: Access to WGMS mass balance glacier data; reference set of 30 glaciers
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1850-01-01
Stop Date: 2009-12-31
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
World Glacier Monitoring Service Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/

Data Center Personnel
Name: PROF. WILFRIED HAEBERLI
Phone: + 41 - 1 - 635 51 20
Fax: + 41 - 1 - 635 68 48
Email: haeberli at geo.unizh.ch
Contact Address:
Physical Geography Division
Department of Geography
Room 25 K 64
University of Zurich - Irchel
Winterthurerstr. 190
City: Zurich
Postal Code: CH-8057
Country: Switzerland
Personnel
CHRISTINA J. LIEF
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +1 (828) 271-4101
Email: christina.lief at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
Program Manager
Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC)
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC - Room 459
City: Asheville, NC
Province or State: NC
Postal Code: 28801
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-06-17
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-08-31

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