Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2043-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2043-2019
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19 Jul 2019
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Brief communication: Updated GAMDAM glacier inventory over high-mountain Asia

Akiko Sakai

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The Glacier Area Mapping for Discharge from the Asian Mountains (GAMDAM) glacier inventory was updated to revise the underestimated glacier area in the first version. The total number and area of glaciers are 134 770 and 100 693 ± 11 790 km2 from 453 Landsat images, which were carefully selected for the period from 1990 to 2010, to avoid mountain shadow, cloud cover, and seasonal snow cover.