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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4125-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4125-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Data description paper
| 
27 Aug 2025
Data description paper |
| 27 Aug 2025
| 27 Aug 2025
Rock Glacier Inventories (RoGIs) in 12 areas worldwide using a multi-operator consensus-based procedure
Line Rouyet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (UNIFR), 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, 9294 Tromsø, Norway
Tobias Bolch
Institute of Geodesy, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), 8010 Graz, Austria
Central-Asian Regional Glaciological Centre of Category 2 under the auspices of UNESCO, 050010 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Francesco Brardinoni
Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna (UniBo), 40126 Bologna, Italy
Rafael Caduff
GAMMA Remote Sensing AG, 3076 Gümligen, Switzerland
Diego Cusicanqui
Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Margaret Darrow
Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, AK 99775-5900, United Stated of America
Reynald Delaloye
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (UNIFR), 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Thomas Echelard
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (UNIFR), 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna (UniBo), 40126 Bologna, Italy
Christophe Lambiel
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Cécile Pellet
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (UNIFR), 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Lucas Ruiz
Argentine Institute of Nivology, Glaciology and Environmental Sciences (IANIGLA), 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Lea Schmid
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (UNIFR), 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Flavius Sirbu
Institute of Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timişoara (WUT), 300223 Timişoara, Romania
Tazio Strozzi
GAMMA Remote Sensing AG, 3076 Gümligen, Switzerland
Data sets
Rock Glacier Inventories (RoGI) in 12 areas worldwide using a multi-operator consensus-based procedure Line Rouyet et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14501398
Short summary
Rock glaciers are landforms generated by the creep of frozen ground (permafrost) in cold-climate mountains. Mapping rock glaciers contributes to documenting the distribution and the dynamics of mountain permafrost. We compiled inventories documenting the location, the characteristics, and the extent of rock glaciers in 12 mountain regions around the world. In each region, a team of operators performed the work following common rules and agreed on final solutions when discrepancies were identified.
Rock glaciers are landforms generated by the creep of frozen ground (permafrost) in cold-climate...
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