Qiangyong glacier: 90.23 °E, 28.88° N, 4898 m asl. The surface is bedrock. The record contains data of absolute pressure and water temperature. Data from the automatic water gauge was collected using USB equipment at 12:00 on June 15, 2021, with a recording interval of one hour, and data was downloaded at 12:00 on Nov. 2, 2021. There is no missing data. Jiagang glacier: 88.69°E, 30.82°N, 5362 m asl. The surface is rubble and weeds. The record contains data of absolute pressure and water temperature. Data from the automatic water gauge was collected using USB equipment at 20:00 on June 19, 2021, with a recording interval of one hour, and data was downloaded at 11:00 onSept 18 , 2021. There is no missing data.

File naming and required software

Data is stored in .csv or .exl formats. The name of the file is "xx_AWG_yyyymmdd-yyyymmdd.txt", where AWG stands forautomatic water gauge, yyyy stands for year, mm for month and dd for date. The first YYYYYMMDD represents the time when the data was recorded and the last YYYYMMDD represents the time when the data record was stopped. The data included absolute pressure and water temperature.
Data reading method: The data set can be opened directly with a text program (such as Notepad) or an Excel program.

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Zhang, D. (2021). Meteorological data of typical glacier front, river water level data and observation data of typical lake area (2021). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Cryos.tpdc.272246. CSTR: 18406.11.Cryos.tpdc.272246. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition Program

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