Fluctuations of Glaciers (FoG) Database
DOI for current scientific data (Identifier): 10.5904/wgms-fog-2025-02
Creator: World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)
Title: Fluctuations of Glaciers (FoG) Database
Publisher: World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)
Publication year: 2025
Release date: 2025-02-28
Rights: Open access under the requirement of correct citation
Citation: WGMS (2025): Fluctuations of Glaciers (FoG) Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2025-02
Related publications:
WGMS (2023): Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 5 (2020-2021). Michael Zemp, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Ethan Z. Welty, Inès Dussaillant, and Jacqueline Bannwart (eds.), ISC (WDS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 134 pp. Based on database version https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2023-09.
WGMS (2013): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 12 (2010-2011). Michael Zemp, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Kathrin Naegeli, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Frank Paul, Martin Hoelzle, and Wilfried Haeberli (eds.), ICSU (WDS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 106 pp. Based on database version https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2013-11.
WGMS (2012): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005-2010 (Vol. X): Michael Zemp, Holger Frey, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Martin Hoelzle, Frank Paul, and Wilfried Haeberli (eds.), ICSU (WDS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland. Based on database version https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2012-11.
… and earlier issues
Contributors: WGMS scientific collaboration network of national correspondents and principal investigators as listed in the data (INVESTIGATOR and AGENCIES columns) and related publications.
Language: English
Data format: CSV files, zipped
Data size: 857 MB
Description: Internationally collected, standardized dataset on glacier state and change (length, area, volume, mass) based on in-situ measurements, remote sensing, and reconstructions.
Spatial coverage: Global
Temporal coverage: 1127-2024 AD
| Versions | doi | metadata | data download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (current) | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2025-02 | website | zip file |
| 2024 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2024-01 | info | zip file |
| 2023 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2023-09 | info | zip file |
| 2022 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2022-09 | info | zip file |
| 2021 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2021-05 | info | zip file |
| 2020 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2020-08 | info | zip file |
| 2019 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2019-12 | info | zip file |
| 2018 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2018-11 | info | zip file |
| 2018 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2018-06 | info | zip file |
| 2017 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2017-10 | info | zip file |
| 2017 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2017-06 | info | zip file |
| 2016 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2016-08 | info | zip file |
| 2015 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2015-11 | info | zip file |
| 2014 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2014-09 | info | zip file |
| 2013 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2013-11 | info | zip file |
| 2012 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2012-11 | info | zip file |
| 2008 | 10.5904/wgms-fog-2008-12 | info | zip file |