| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/inventory.sgi1850.r1992 | The Swiss Glacier Inventory 1850 provides areas and outlines of all glaciers in Switzerland referring to the year 1850. The data are based on historical maps and geomorphological evidence and are delivered as a shapefile. | 1992 | |
| 10.18750/inventory.sgi1931.r2022 | The Swiss Glacier Inventory 1931 provides areas and outlines of all glaciers in Switzerland referring to the mean year 1931. The data are based on terrestrial imagery and the first version of LK25 and are delivered as a shapefile. | 2022 | |
| 10.18750/inventory.sgi1973.r1976 | The Swiss Glacier Inventory 1973 provides areas and outlines of all glaciers in Switzerland referring to the year 1973. The data are based on aerial imagery and are delivered as a shapefile. | 1976 | |
| 10.18750/inventory.sgi2010.r2010 | The Swiss Glacier Inventory 2010 provides areas and outlines of all glaciers in Switzerland referring to the years 2008-2011. The data are based on aerial imagery and are delivered as a shapefile. | 2010 | |
| 10.18750/inventory.sgi2016.r2020 | The Swiss Glacier Inventory 2016 provides outlines and areas, debris cover, ice divides and location points of all glaciers in Switzerland referring to the years 2013-2018. The data is based on aerial imagery and stereophotogramatic analysis of the Federal Office of Topography, Switzerland (swisstopo) within the framework of the Topographic Landscape Model of Switzerland (swissTLM3D). Furthermore, the dataset has been glaciologically revised in the frame of GLAMOS (Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland, ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, University of Fribourg, Switzerland). The data is delivered as a shapefile. | 2020 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/lengthchange.2018.r2018 | Variations of the glacier length are measured annually in fall at the tongues of all larger and on many of the smaller Swiss glaciers and provide an overview of their long-term fluctuations. The dataset contains all available observations up to present and is delivered as a .csv file. | 2018 | |
| 10.18750/lengthchange.2019.r2019 | 2019 | ||
| 10.18750/lengthchange.2020.r2020 | 2020 | ||
| 10.18750/lengthchange.2021.r2021 | 2021 | ||
| 10.18750/lengthchange.2022.r2022 | 2022 | ||
| 10.18750/lengthchange.2023.r2023 | 2023 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/massbalance.2018.r2018 | Direct measurements of glacier mass balance - the sum of snow accumulation and snow/ice melt - are carried out on selected glaciers in Switzerland. Based on point observations, typically acquired in April/May and September, glacier-wide quantities of seasonal mass balance (winter/summer/annual) are evaluated, expressed as a an area-averaged value of water eqivalent. The dataset contains all available observations up to present and is delivered as four separate .csv files with results both for the exact measurement periods (observation, varying between the years) and the hydrological year (fixdate), as well as for glacier-wide quantities and for individual elevation bins. | 2018 | |||
| 10.18750/massbalance.2019.r2019 | 2019 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.2020.r2020 | 2020 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.2020.r2021 | 2021 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.2021.r2021 | 2021 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.2022.r2022 | 2022 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.2023.r2023 | 2023 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/massbalance.point.2020.r2020 | Direct observations of point glacier mass balance have been carried out at one up to several dozens of sites on more than 50 individual glaciers in the Swiss Alps over the past century. The measurements represent the basis for seasonal mass balance monitoring. Data are aggregated to three time periods - annual (referring to a time interval of about 1 year, e.g. Oct.-Sept.), winter (referring to an entire winter season, e.g. Oct.-May), or intermediate (referring to an arbitrary period of a day up to several months). Metadata and estimated uncertainties are specified for different variables according to a system of quality indicators. | 2020 | |||
| 10.18750/massbalance.point.2021.r2021 | 2021 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.point.2022.r2022 | 2022 | ||||
| 10.18750/massbalance.point.2023.r2023 | 2023 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/massbalance.swisswide.2023.r2023 | Measurements of annual glacier mass balances are acquired on ca. 20 Swiss glaciers. In order to infer swisswide ice volume change and, thus, overall glacier mass change, the in situ observations need to be extrapolated to all ca. 1400 glaciers. This is achieved by combining locally measured annual glacier mass balance with long-term geodetic volume change available for all glaciers, also taking into account temporal changes in glacier area. This data set presents multi-decadal time series of regionally aggregated (all Swiss glaciers, main hydrological catchments) glacier mass balance, volume and area, and also allows assessing the relative change in glacier ice volume from year to year. | 2023 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/volumechange.2018.r2018 | The comparison of digital elevation models derived from photogrammetrical analysis of aerial photographs or evaluation of historical maps allows the determination of glacier ice volume changes over periods of years to decades. Ice volume changes have been converted to geodetic mass balances assuming a density of volume change of 850 kg m-3. The dataset contains all available observations of selected Swiss glaciers up to present and is delivered as a .csv file. | 2018 | |||
| 10.18750/volumechange.2019.r2019 | 2019 | ||||
| 10.18750/volumechange.2020.r2020 | 2020 | ||||
| 10.18750/volumechange.2021.r2021 | 2021 | ||||
| 10.18750/volumechange.2022.r2022 | 2022 | ||||
| 10.18750/volumechange.2023.r2023 | 2023 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/flowvelocity.2022.r2022 | Local ice flow velocity at the surface is measured on selected Swiss glaciers with a focus on long-term variations. Various terrestrial surveying techniques as well as image analysis has been used. Observation have been carried out on seasonal and annual time periods. The measurements are presented for the exact time period and converted to annual flow speed for a normalized period of 365 days. The dataset contains all available observations up to present and is delivered as a .csv file. | 2022 |
| DOI | Description | Date | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18750/icethickness.2015.r2018 | Ice thickness measurements performed on Swiss glaciers between 1999 and 2015 by various observers. All observations are based on ground penetrating radar (different systems and frequencies). The dataset contains all available observations and is delivered as ASCII files for the individual glaciers. | 2018 | |||
| 10.18750/icethickness.2020.r2020 | Ice thickness measurements performed on Swiss glaciers between 1982 and 2019 by various observers. All observations are based on ground penetrating radar (different systems and frequencies). The dataset contains all available observations and is delivered as ASCII files for the individual glaciers. | 2020 |
| DOI | Title | Report No. | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18752/glrep_series | The Swiss Glaciers 1880-2020/21 | 1-142 | 2022 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_141-142 | The Swiss Glaciers 2019/20 and 2020/21 | 141/142 | 2022 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_139-140 | The Swiss Glaciers 2017/18 and 2018/19 | 139/140 | 2020 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_137-138 | The Swiss Glaciers 2015/16 and 2016/17 | 137/138 | 2018 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_135-136 | The Swiss Glaciers 2013/14 and 2014/15 | 135/136 | 2017 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_133-134 | The Swiss Glaciers 2011/12 and 2012/13 | 133/134 | 2016 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_131-132 | The Swiss Glaciers 2009/10 and 2010/11 | 131/132 | 2015 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_129-130 | The Swiss Glaciers 2007/08 and 2008/09 | 129/130 | 2014 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_127-128 | The Swiss Glaciers 2005/06 and 2006/08 | 127/128 | 2011 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_125-126 | The Swiss Glaciers 2003/04 and 2004/05 | 125/126 | 2009 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_123-124 | The Swiss Glaciers 2001/02 and 2002/03 | 123/124 | 2008 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_121-122 | The Swiss Glaciers 1999/00 and 2000/01 | 121/122 | 2002 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_119-120 | The Swiss Glaciers 1997/98 and 1998/99 | 119/120 | 2001 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_117-118 | The Swiss Glaciers 1995/96 and 1996/97 | 117/118 | 1999 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_115-116 | The Swiss Glaciers 1993/94 and 1995/96 | 115/116 | 1999 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_113-114 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1991/92 and 1992/93 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1991/92 et 1992/93 |
113/114 | 1998 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_111-112 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1989/90 und 1990/1991 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1989/90 et 1990/1991 |
111-112 | 1998 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_109-110 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1987/88 und 1988/1989 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1987/88 et 1988/1989 |
109-110 | 1993 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_107-108 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1985/86 und 1986/1987 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1985/86 et 1986/1987 |
107-108 | 1992 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_105-106 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1983/84 und 1984/1985 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1983/84 et 1984/1985 |
105-106 | 1992 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_103-104 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1981/82 und 1982/1983 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1981/82 et 1982/1983 |
103-104 | 1991 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_101-102 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1979/80 und 1980/1981 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1979/80 et 1980/81 |
101-102 | 1988 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_99-100 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1977/78 und 1978/79 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1977/78 et 1978/79 |
99-100 | 1986 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_97-98 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1975/76 und 1976/1977 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1975/76 et 1976/197 |
97-98 | 1983 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_95-96 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1973/74 und 1974/1975 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1973/74 et 1974/75 |
95-96 | 1982 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_93-94 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1971/72 und 1972/1973 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1971/72 et 1972/73 |
93-94 | 1976 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_92 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1970/71 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1970/1971 |
92 | 1974 | |
| 10.18752/glrep_91 | Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1969/70 Les variations des glaciers Suisse 1969/1970 |
91 | 1972 |
| DOI | Title | Creator | Description | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18752/intrep_1 | Mass balance evaluation and uncertainty: Claridenfirn 1914-2017 | Huss, Matthias | This internal GLAMOS report provides a detailed description of the glacier-wide mass balance evaluation for Claridenfirn, including a thorough assessment of the related uncertainties. Along with the .pdf of the report, the original code (IDL) for mass balance evaluation and six digital elevation models are provided. | 2018 | |
| 10.18752/intrep_2 | Considerations for setting up new long-term mass balance monitoring programmes in the Reuss and Inn basin | Huss, Matthias | This internal GLAMOS report provides a detailed evaluation of the potential of glaciers in the Reuss and Inn basin to act as long-term sites for glacier mass balance monitoring. Considerations on the feasibility and durability of long-term observations are made. The report is provided in .pdf format. | 2019 | |
| 10.18752/intrep_3 | Computation of glacier-wide mass balance: evaluating the potential of the linear mass balance model | Huss, Matthias | The present report provides an in-depth evaluation of the so-called linear mass balance model using GLAMOS data. The aim is to shed light on the potential of this approach but also to emphasize the related drawbacks and problems. | 2020 | |
| 10.18752/intrep_4 | Revised Strategy for Monitoring Glacier Length Variation | Bauder, Andreas | The report evaluates a revised strategy for the monitoring of glacier length variations.Existing measurements are analysed, a new multi-level measurement concept is proposed and the a how to implement. | 2020 | |
| 10.18752/intrep_5 | A Best Practice Guide for long-term glacier monitoring in Switzerland | Kurzböck, Claudia; Huss, Matthias | The Best Practice Guide for glacier monitoring documents past and present techniques of glacier observation in the Swiss Alps. It is focused on approaches used in the frame of GLAMOS and aims at representing a benchmark for future monitoring activities. The variables glacier mass balance, length change, and glacier inventory are covered regarding data acquisition, evaluation and archiving. | 2021 |
| DOI | Title | Creator | Description | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18752/winterrep_2024 | Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2024 | Huss, Matthias | The report summarizes the winter snow accumulation measurements performed on Swiss glaciers in April/May 2024. A preliminary data evaluation with respect to other years is presented. | 2024 |
| DOI | Title | Creator | Description | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.18752/annualrep_2024 | Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2024 | Huss, Matthias | The report summarizes the annual mass balance measurements performed on Swiss glaciers in September 2024. A preliminary data evaluation with respect to other years is presented. | 2024 |