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MODIS daily cloud-free snow cover products over Tibetan Plateau
Snow cover over Tibetan Plateau plays an important role in regional water andenergy circulation. Snow ablation also affects downstream rivers. Snow parameters and their longterm... -
Annual 30-meter Dataset for Glacial Lakes in High Mountain Asia from 2008 to ...
Climate change is intensifying glacier melting and lake development in High Mountain Asia (HMA), which could increase glacial lake outburst flood hazards and impact water... -
Constructing dataset of classified drainage areas based on surface water-supp...
The High Mountain Asia (HMA) region is a geographical unit, holds the largest reservoir of glaciers and snow outside Earth poles. Four datasets were thus obtained: Glacier- and... -
Passive microwave remote sensing data of snow water equivalent in High Asia
High Asia is a high-altitude region in Asia dominated by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is an important distribution area for snow in the middle and low latitudes. The dynamic... -
A dataset of glacier distribution and glacier changes in the Kangri Karpo Mou...
Located in southeastern Tibetan Plateau, the Kangri Karpo Mountains extents about 280 km from north-west to south-east, south of Bomê County and neighboring Motuo, Zayü and Basu... -
A dataset of microwave brightness temperature and freeze-thaw for medium-to-l...
High Asia is a region dotted with lakes, sensitive to changes that are occurring in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere. It is thus a focus for researchers. Due to... -
Daily fractional snow cover dataset over High Mountain Asia
High Mountain Asia is an Asian high altitude area with the Tibetan Plateau as the main area and is also an important distribution area of low and middle latitude mountain snow.... -
National Snow & Ice Data Center(NSIDC)
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) supports research into our world’s frozen realms: the snow, ice, glaciers, frozen ground, and climate interactions that make up... -
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN‐P)- Database
The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN‐P) is the primary international programme concerned with monitoring permafrost parameters. GTN‐P was developed in the 1990s by... -
[NSIDC]High Mountain Asia Data
High mountain Asia stretches from the Tian Shan and Hindu Kush in the northwest, to the eastern Himalaya in the southeast. The region contains one of the highest concentrations... -
[EU-H2020]INTAROS Data Catalogue
Integrated Arctic observation system (INTAROS) is a research and innovation project funded by EC - H2020-BG-09-2016 for 5 years (2016-2021). INTAROS has a strong focus on... -
A data set of in situ measurement of summer Arctic sea ice physical properties
With the global warming, the summer Arctic sea ice has experienced a series of changes. For example, the sea ice extent and thickness are reduced. Temperature, salinity and... -
A dataset of glaciers in the Tanggula Mountains in 1991 and 2015
The Tanggula Mountains are located in the central part of the Tibetan Plateau (31°15′–34°45′N, 90°23′–95°52′E), are bordered by the Zulkkora Mountains to the west and by the... -
A dataset of spatial distribution of degree-day factors for glaciers in High ...
The degree-day model, a widely used approach for ice and snow melt computation, rests upon a relationship between snow or ice melt and air temperature that is usually expressed... -
Phenological metrics dataset, land cover types map for the Tibetan Plateau an...
With abundant types and large coverage of alpine vegetation, the Tibetan Plateau has been a hot region for researches on the spatial distribution and phenological changes of... -
MODIS-based Daily Lake Ice Extent and Coverage Dataset for Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau houses numerous lakes, the phenology and duration of lake ice in this region are sensitive to regional and global climate change, and as such are used as key... -
A dataset of glacier mass balance of Hailuogou catchment in Mount Gongga, sou...
Glacier mass balance is among the clearest natural indicators of ongoing climate change and is important for the assessment of water resources and sea-level rise. However, few... -
A dataset of glacier elevation change in Muztag Ata and Kongur Tagh from 1971...
While climate-driven glacier change significantly impacts regional water resources, particularly the hydrological cycle, glacier elevation change is a key indicator of climate... -
A dataset of lake level changes in High Mountain Asia using multi-altimeter data
Lake water levels are important indicators of global environmental changes and dynamics of water resources. High Mountain Asia is a region dotted with lakes, and monitoring lake... -
The UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC)
The UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) is the focal point for Arctic and Antarctic environmental data management in the UK. Part of the Natural Environmental Research Council’s...
