The following table provides a brief overview on data and information requests over the past years. The rough numbers summarize data and information requests to the WGMS by phone and email contacts, as well as the monthly visits of the WGMS website and related downloads of “Fluctuations of Glaciers” (Vol. VII, VIII, IX) and of “Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin” (No. 1-9) in pdf-format.
| Number of data and information requests | Web statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | from users | from journalists | FoG downloads | GMBB downloads | monthly website visits | meta/data browser |
| 2008 | 225 | n.a. | 1,350 | 2,500 | 2,400 | n.a. |
| 2009 | 225 | 100 | 3,050 | 1,700 | 3,000 | n.a. |
| 2010 | 190 | 30 | 2,600 | 4,300 | 3,800 | n.a. |
| 2011 | 190 | 25 | ... | ... | 1,750 | 1,650 |
| 2012 | 150 | 25 | ... | ... | 1,300 | 3,500 |
| 2013 | 150 | 25 | ... | ... | 1,400 | 2,400 |
| 2014 | 200 | 50 | 1350 | |||
| 2015 | 275 | 100 | 2000 |