FLUCTUATIONS OF GLACIERS DATABASE

DOI for current scientific data (Identifier): 10.5904/wgms-fog-2025-02b

Creator: World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

Title: Fluctuations of Glaciers (FoG) Database

Publisher: World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

Publication year: 2025

Release date: 2025-04-15

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-2025-02b

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