Welcome#
The Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) is a global inventory of glacier outlines including a set of attributes and other relevant auxiliary information. This user guide provides detailed documentation of the RGI version 7.0 but also includes general information on the RGI and its earlier versions.
Data download
Download the RGI 7.0 files from NSIDC: https://doi.org/10.5067/f6jmovy5navz
Cite the RGI: Dataset reference
Download previous RGI versions: https://www.glims.org/RGI
Known issues in RGI 7.0
Currently known issues with the RGI 7.0 dataset are listed here.
Contents#
Acknowledgments#
RGI version 7.0 was developed by the “Working Group on the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) and its role in future glacier monitoring” of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS).
Financial support was provided by several organizations and institutions, in particular IACS, the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center - Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC-DAAC), the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), the Copernicus Climate Changes Service (C3S), the European Space Agency (ESA) and UNESCO. For a full list of sponsors and acknowledgements, visit Appendix 3: Acknowledgements.
RGI 7.0 and this user guide are dedicated to the memory of Dr. Graham Cogley (1948-2018), an inspiring and deeply committed leader and contributor to the RGI, who was instrumental in initiating, developing, generating and curating the RGI from its inception over nearly a decade, demonstrating the value of open data long before these concepts came into widespread popularity, and who embodied the spirit of selfless service to the glaciological community. Graham’s spirit of collaboration, meticulous attention to detail, and actioning of the original vision of a global-scale dataset lives on in the RGI 7.0.
License#
This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See Dataset reference for citation recommendations.
Part of the text in this user guide regarding the RGI in general and RGI versions prior to v7.0 is based on the RGI v6 Technical Note: “Randolph Glacier Inventory – A Dataset of Global Glacier Outlines: Version 6.0” by the RGI Consortium, July 2017.