Glacier lake inventory data of Uttaranchal, India (2000)- A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles

This glacial lake inventory is jointly supported by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and United Nationenvironment Programme / Regional Resourc Centre, Asia and The Pacific (UNEP / RRC-AP).

1. The glacial lake inventory refers to remote sensing data such as Landsat 4/5 (MSS, TM1982 / 1985/1984/1999), Landsat 7 (ETM +), IRS-1C, LISS-III (1995IRS-1C), (1997 IRS-1D), etc. It reflects the current status of glacial lakes in the region in 2000.

2. Glacial lake inventory coverage: India-Uttaranchal.

3. The content of the glacial lakeinventory includes: glacial lake inventory, glacial lake type, glacial lake orientation, glacial lake width, glacial lake area, glacial lake depth, glacial lake length and other attributes.

4. Projection parameters:

Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

Ellipsoid: WGS84

Datum: WGS84

Ellipsoid Parameters: a = 6378137.000

1 / f = 298.257223563

Northem Hemisphere: Yes

MinimumX: 221473.969

MinimumY: 3300590.500

MaximumX: 513943.969

MaximumY: 3488960.500

Zone: 44

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File naming and required software

The data is stored in vector SHP format and can be opened and read by remote sensing software such as ArcGIS and QGIS

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Pradeep Kumar Mool., Wu, L., Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya., Basanta, S. (2012). Glacier lake inventory data of Uttaranchal, India (2000). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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