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    • Change in Glacier Surface Area in Glacier National Park, 1966–2015

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2023

    This map shows the change in surface area of all 37 named glaciers in Glacier National Park for 1966, 1998, 2005, and 2015. The glacier footprints for four different years are laid on top of each other: 2015 is red, 2005 and 1998 are shades of orange, and 1966 is yellow.

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    Metadata Date November 20, 2019
    Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
    Reference Date(s) August 22, 2018 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update annually

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

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    Change in Glacier Surface Area

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date November 20, 2019
    Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
    Reference Date(s) August 22, 2018 (publication)
    Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (Publisher)
    Contact Email
    Guid 68C2F591-D80C-44B7-8BBC-E3231FC27B7A
    Access Constraints https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
    Bbox East Long -113.241977
    Bbox North Lat 49.000971
    Bbox South Lat 48.233688
    Bbox West Long -114.475516
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update annually
    Graphic Preview Description Change in Glacier Surface Area
    Graphic Preview File https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/OAR/OAP/metadata/Thumbnails/GNP.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 0116eda7-dd43-4952-9e93-8e186a3ad323
    Harvest Source Id 9b3cd81e-5515-4bb7-ad3c-5ae44de9b4bd
    Harvest Source Title Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata
    Licence None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-114.475516, 48.233688], [-113.241977, 48.233688], [-113.241977, 49.000971], [-114.475516, 49.000971], [-114.475516, 48.233688]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System 26912
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1966-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2015-01-01

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