GLIMS Analysis Tutorial
Bruce Raup
GLIMS Analysis TutorialBruce RaupSiri Jodha Singh Khalsa20100510 1 of 15Contents1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 22 Tools .......................................................................................................... 33 Acquiring ASTER Imagery ...................................................................... 34 Input Image(s) .......................................................................................... 35 Definition of a Glacier .............................................................................. 46 Defining glacier outlines and their attributes ....................................... 77 Definition of “left” and “right” of segments ............................................ 98 Assigning GLIMS Glacier IDs ............................................................... 10 Background ........................................................................................... 10 Definition .............................................................................................. 10 Choosing the Location for a GLIMS Glacier ID ................................ 109 Population of Other Fields (including Null values) ............................. 12 Null values ........................................................................................... 12 Asof time (source time) of glacier outlines ...