The recent glacial changes in the third polar region have become the focus of the governments of the surrounding countries because of their important significance to the downstream water supply. Based on SRTM acquired in 2000 and aster stereo image pairs before and after 2015, more than 40 Typical Glaciers in the third polar region were selected to estimate the glacial surface elevation in corresponding period. This product estimates the surface elevation changes of more than 14000 glaciers in the third polar region in 2000-2015s, and the investigated area accounts for about 25% of the total glaciers in the third polar region. The data covers the whole third pole area except Altai mountain, with a spatial resolution of 30m.

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The file is. TIF format file, and the name is v1.0, the glacier surface elevation change data product in the third polar region. Files can be opened and viewed directly with envi or ArcMap and other software

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Chen, A. (2019). The third polar area glacier surface elevation change data product v1.0. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Glacio.tpdc.270329. CSTR: 18406.11.Glacio.tpdc.270329. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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1. Chen, A. (2017). Glacier mass budgets in the High Mountain Asia based on Multi-source DEMs over past 50 Years, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.( View Details | Bibtex)

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Support Program

CASEarth:Big Earth Data for Three Poles（grant No. XDA19070000） (No:XDA19000000)

Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road-A CAS Strategic Priority A Program (No:XDA20000000)

Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition Program

Chinese Academy of Sciences through the Strategic Priority Research Program (No:XDA19070302) [XDA19070302]

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