The Human Impacts Database
A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.Mountain glacier mass loss
WaterCryosphereThis quantity is a single measurement of the quantity at a given point in time (2006-2015).
Value: |
(1.23 ± 0.24) × 1014 kg / yr
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This is equivalent to... 123 ± 24 Gt / yr |
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HuID: | 74329 | |
Relevant Year(s): | 2006-2015 | |
Summary: | IPCC estimate of mountain glacier mass loss. See Table 2A.1 of source. | |
Method: | Estimates of glacier mass change are based on aggregation of geodetic and in situ glaciological observations (Zemp et al. 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0) with satellite gravimetric observations (Wouters et al. 2019, DOI:10.3389/feart.2019.00096). 11 mountain glacier regions are observed here. Uncertainty represents a 95% confidence interval calculated from standard error propagation of the 95% confidence intervals reported in the original sources assuming them to be independent. | |
Source: | IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. (2019) | |
Dataset: |
Provides summary statistics for mass loss from major types of glacierized regions (table2.A.1_summary_statistics.csv)
regional resolution
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Original Data License: | IPCC Limited Use Policy | |
Added By: | nsarai |