GLIMS Downloaded Data: Description of fields (attributes)
Field name
Description
line_type
Category of line segment. Possible values
include: "glac_bound" (glacier boundary), "intrnl_rock" (internal rock
outcrop, or nunatak), "snowline", "centerline" (center flowline of the
glacier).
anlys_id
The ID assigned within GLIMS for a particular
outline of a glacier at a particular time.
glac_id
The GLIMS glacier ID
anlys_time
Representative time the analysis was carried out.
area
Map-plane area of the glacier, as provided by the
analyst, km2.
db_area
Map-plane area of the glacier, as calculated
within the GLIMS Glacier Database, km2.
width
Representative width of the glacier, meters.
length
Representative length of the glacier, meters.
primeclass
Primary WGMS classification of the glacier.
min_elev
Elevation of the lowest part of the glacier, in meters above
sea level.
mean_elev
Mean elevation of the glacier, in meters above
sea level.
max_elev
Elevation of the highest part of the glacier, in meters above
sea level.
src_date
The as-of date for the outline. Usually the
acquisition date of the image.
rec_status
Record status (should always be "okay" for
downloaded data).
glac_name
Glacier name.
wgms_id
Glacier ID assigned by the World Glacier
Monitoring Service.
local_id
An ID assigned by the GLIMS Regional Center or
institution that supplied the data.
subm_id
ID assigned by GLIMS to the entire data submission.
release_dt
Date after which the data is released.
proc_desc
Description of the processing done to create the
glacier outlines.