Glacier mass and area changes on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1986–2016

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Several studies reported glaciers on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska have experienced widespread recession since the Little Ice Age Maximum. However, most studies have been carried out on parts of the whole glacierized region. In this study, we estimate the glacier volume and mass change by geodetic method, derived from derived from DEMs generated from ASTER images in 2005 and the IFSAR DEM in 2014, to reveal substantial thinning and mass loss between 2005 and 2014. The ASTER data were acquired between 9 August and 14 August 2005, while the IFSAR data were acquired between 29 August and 12 September 2014.

This dataset is the digital elevation model (DEM) for the glaciers on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965738
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.965738
Provenance
Creator Yang, Ruitang (ORCID: 0000-0001-5145-940X)
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference China Scholarship Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004543 Crossref Funder ID 201904910323 China Scholarship Council; Chinese Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002367 Crossref Funder ID QYZDJ-SSW-DQC039 Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002367 Crossref Funder ID QYZDY-SSWDQC02 Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002367 Crossref Funder ID XDA19070501 Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science; National Natural Science Foundation of China https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 Crossref Funder ID 41721091 ; State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002902 Crossref Funder ID SKLCS-ZZ–2017 State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 36 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-149.995W, 60.024S, -149.995E, 60.094N); Alaska
Temporal Coverage Begin 2014-08-09T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2014-09-14T23:59:59Z