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High Mountain Asia Near-Global Multi-Decadal Glacial Lake Inventory V001

Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Glacial Lake Extent

HMA_GLI

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5067/UO20NYM3YQB4

Citation

Center/Project

National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

Shapefile

Spatial Extent

N: 82.6 S: -55.4 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution

30 Meters x 30 Meters

Location

GLOBAL

Temporal Extent

1990-01-01 to 2018-12-31

Temporal Resolution

Varies

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

Description

This data set contains polygons of glacial lake extent on a near-global scale, averaged over five multi-year periods between 1990 and 2018.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms

LANDSAT-4 ,

LANDSAT-5 ,

LANDSAT-7 ,

LANDSAT-8

Instruments

MSS ,

TM ,

ETM+ ,

OLI ,

TIRS

Spatial Extent

N: 82.6 S: -55.4 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution

30 Meters x 30 Meters

Spatial Reference System(s)

WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Location

GLOBAL

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

Temporal Extent

1990-01-01 to 2018-12-31

Temporal Resolution

Varies

Concept ID

C3249539102-NSIDC_CPRD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2020-09-03

Science Keywords

Glacial Lake Extent

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Shugar, D., Burr, A., Haritashya, U., Kargel, J., Watson, C., Kennedy, M., Bevington, A., Betts, R., Harrison, S., & Strattman, K. (2020). High Mountain Asia Near-Global Multi-Decadal Glacial Lake Inventory, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/UO20NYM3YQB4 Date Accessed: 2026-05-05

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

High Mountain Asia Near-Global Multi-Decadal Glacial Lake Inventory, Version 1 User Guide

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward	2026	Rather, Abid Farooq, Ahmed, Rayees, Shamim, Taha, Farooq, Abrar, Mir, Riyaz A., Wani, Omar, Gulzar, Syed Hameem, Ahmed, Pervez	Glacial Lake Extent
An integrated deep learning and object-based image analysis approach for mapping debris-covered glaciers	2023	Thomas, Daniel Jack, Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Racoviteanu, Adina	Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Glacial Lake Extent
Landsat-and Sentinel-derived glacial lake dataset in the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor from 1990 to 2020	2022	Lesi, Muchu, Nie, Yong, Shugar, Dan Hirsh, Wang, Jida, Deng, Qian, Chen, Huayong, Fan, Jianrong	Glacial Lake Extent
Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990	2020	Shugar, Dan H., Burr, Aaron, Haritashya, Umesh K., Kargel, Jeffrey S., Watson, C. Scott, Kennedy, Maureen C., Bevington, Alexandre R., Betts, Richard A., Harrison, Stephan, Strattman, Katherine	Glacial Lake Extent