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

This data set contains polygons of glacial lake extent on a near-global scale, averaged over five multi-year periods between 1990 and 2018. using optical imagery from Landsat missions 4,5,7, and 8.

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Source https://nsidc.org/data/HMA_GLI/versions/1
Author Shugar, D. H., Burr, A., Haritashya, U. K., Kargel, J. S., Watson, C. S., Kennedy, M. C., Bevington, A. R., Betts, R. A., Harrison, S., & Strattman, K. (2020).
Maintainer Dr. Dan H. Shugar
Version v1.0
Last Updated May 26, 2021, 02:25 (UTC)
Created September 5, 2020, 09:42 (UTC)
Data Format(s): ESRI Shapefile
Spatial Coverage: N: 82.6, S: -55.4, E: 180, W: -180
Spatial Resolution: 30 m
Temporal Coverage: 1 January 1990 to 31 December 2018