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Glaciers of Afghanistan 2010

Updated Date: 7/15/2025 3:28:51 PM

Glacier data of Afghanistan were prepared on the basis of Landsat imageries from 2010. The glacier outlines were derived semi-automatically using object-based image classification (OBIC) separately for clean-ice and debris-covered glaciers and further manual editing for quality assurance. The attributes of glacier data were derived from SRTM DEM. This dataset was jointly prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW), Government of Afghanistan, and ICIMOD under the SERVIR-HKH Initiative.

Glaciers of Afghanistan 2010
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Purpose This data provides the status and baseline information of glaciers to the researchers, scientists and policy makers for glacier melt water resource management, impact of climate change study, glacial hazard and risk reduction, and mitigation measures.
Descriptive Keyword Glacier, Clean Ice, Debris cover, Cryosphere, icimod-servir, servircat, servir-hkh (theme) Afghanistan, Amu Darya, Kabul, Indus (place)
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Date 2025-07-15T15:28:51
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Name Sudan Bikash Maharjan Email Sudan.Maharjan@icimod.org
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Position name 977-1-5275222 Address
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Title Glaciers of Afghanistan 2010
Date 2018-06-30
Date Type publication
Abstract Glacier data of Afghanistan were prepared on the basis of Landsat imageries from 2010. The glacier outlines were derived semi-automatically using object-based image classification (OBIC) separately for clean-ice and debris-covered glaciers and further manual editing for quality assurance. The attributes of glacier data were derived from SRTM DEM. This dataset was jointly prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW), Government of Afghanistan, and ICIMOD under the SERVIR-HKH Initiative.
Purpose This data provides the status and baseline information of glaciers to the researchers, scientists and policy makers for glacier melt water resource management, impact of climate change study, glacial hazard and risk reduction, and mitigation measures.
Status completed
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Topic Category geoscientificInformation
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Equivalent Scale 50000
Cited Responsible Parties
Name Sudan Bikash Maharjan Email sudan.maharjan@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD; MEW, Afghanistan; SERVIR-HKH Voice 977-1-5275222
Position name RS Analyst - Cryosphere Address Nepal
Role author
Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 67.625 Geographic Extent West 74.888
Geographic Extent North 34.573 Geographic Extent South 38.35
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Use Limitation Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2019). Glaciers of Afghanistan 2010 [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/rds.35986
Use Limitation Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Reference System Information
Code WGS 1984
Data Quality Info
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Email metadata@icimod.org Organization Name ICIMOD
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