GTN-G

The Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) is jointly run by three operational bodies: the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), and the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) initiative. A GTN-G Steering Committee was established in 2009 to coordinate, support, and advise these three operational bodies concerning the monitoring of glaciers and ice caps... The Second World Climate Conference in 1990 called for the urgent establishment of a coordinated climate monitoring system. As a consequence, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) were established in 1992 and 1996, respectively, under the auspices of FAO, ICSU, UNEP, UNESCO, and WMO. Within GCOS/GTOS the Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC) was created to design a global observing strategy and set in place a Global Terrestrial Network (GTN) for all Essential Climate Variables (ECV) in the..

Also known as: Global Terrestrial Network (GTN, Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers

Primary location: Boulder United States