Welcome to the

Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G)

under the auspices of: FAO, ICSU, UNEP, UNESCO, WMO

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The Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) is the framework for the internationally coordinated monitoring of glaciers and ice caps in support of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The network, authorized under the Global Climate/Terrestrial Observing System (GCOS, GTOS), is jointly run by the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), and the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space initiative (GLIMS). More... This websiste provides general information on GTN-G and a map-based browser for available glacier data.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Glacier monitoring session @ DACA-13

Glacier monitoring session @ EGU 2013

20th anniversary of the Global Climate Observing System

Updated GCOS Satellite Supplement now online!

 

ARCHIVE

GTN-G Session on "Glacier Monitoring from In-situ and Remotely Sensed Observations" at EGU meeting 2012

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photo: childs glacier, alaska, by i. gaertner, 2008
last change 18/10/12, igr