WMS
Icelandic Met Office Web Map Service
A compliant implementation of WMS plus most of the SLD extension (dynamic styling). Can also generate PDF, SVG, KML, GeoRSS
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WMS
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Icelandic Met Office Web Map Service
A compliant implementation of WMS plus most of the SLD extension (dynamic styling). Can also generate PDF, SVG, KML, GeoRSS
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glaciology:glacier_outline_group
Glacier outline group layer
Layer-Group type layer: glaciology:glacier_outline_group
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meteorology:IcelandicMetOffice_CAP_areas
Meteorological forecast areas
Weather forecast areas on land of The Icelandic Met Office. These areas are also used when CAP weather warnings are issued.
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glaciology:glaciercauldronv
Glacier cauldrons
Known glacier cauldrons. Based on observations by the Institute of Earth Sciences at The University of Iceland and The Icelandic Met Office.
glaciercauldronv
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glaciology:glacieroutline_ams
Glacier outlines - AMS maps/orthos, 1945-1946
The US Army Map Service (AMS) created topographic maps of Iceland at a scale of 1:50,000. These were based on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and 1946 and had contour lines drawn at 20 m intervals. During recent years, the original AMS aerial photographs, that are now stored at the National Land Survey of Iceland (NLS), have been scanned, georectified and processed to create DEMs and orthoimages utilizing the 60% acquisition overlap (Magnússon et al., 2016; Belart et al., 2019). These DEMs have been used to digitize glacier outlines more accurately than those displayed on the original topographic maps (see for example Belart et al., 2019, and Andreassen et al., 2020). In Table 2, a distinction is made between 1945/1946 glacier outlines digitized from the original maps and outlines derived more recently from the scanned aerial photographs. Two-thirds of the 1945/1946 outline for Vatnajökull (from Skeiðarárjökull to the west and north to Lambatungnajökull, except Öræfajökull for which the aerial images have been scanned and re-processed) is based on the AMS maps with some corrections; by georeferencing the scanned maps individually, and fitting each map segment to the surrounding valley walls, using lidar DEMs as reference topography (for more details see Pálsson et al., 2012, and Hannesdóttir et al., 2015b). Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
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glaciology:glacieroutline_ca_2000
Glacier outlines - Misc. 1998-2004
Multiple imagery sources were used to delineate the glacier margin for ∼2000. These included orthorectified aerial images from the company Loftmyndir ehf. (GSD of 1×1 m), satellite images from both Landsat 7 (GSD of 15×15 m) and SPOT-5 (GSD of 2.5×2.5 m and 5×5 m) and georeferenced oblique images taken from an airplane. The year of acquisition varies between sources from 1998 to 2004. The orthoimages (airborne and spaceborne) also have different GSD. For information relating to each glacier or glacierized area see Table 2. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
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glaciology:glacieroutline_ipy
Glacier outlines - Lidar IPY, 2007-2012
During 2008–2012, starting during the International Polar Year, accurate and detailed DEMs of the glaciers in Iceland were produced with airborne lidar. The lidar DEMs have a GSD of 5×5 m and hillshades were created from them for delineation of glacier outlines (Jóhannesson et al., 2011, 2013). More than 90% of the glaciers were surveyed in this effort, including Vatnajökull, Hofsjökull, Mýrdalsjökull, Drangajökull, Eyjafjallajökull and several smaller glaciers. Approximately 70% of Langjökull was surveyed by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in late summer 2007, and almost the whole glacier again in 2013, including Þórisjökull (Pope et al., 2013). Hofsjökull was also resurveyed by lidar in 2013. The lidar mapping generally includes a 500–1000 m wide ice-free buffer zone around the ice margins which contains many glacial geomorphological features, and therefore the new DEMs have proved to be useful in geological investigations of proglacial areas. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacieroutline_ipy
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glaciology:glacieroutline_lia
Glacier outlines - Little Ice Age, ~1890
features
glacieroutline_lia
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glaciology:glacieroutline_lm_2014
Glacier outlines - Loftmyndir, 2014
Glacier outlines of 2014 based on aerial images from Loftmyndir ehf. and Landsat 8 satellite images are part of the glacier inventory presented here and submitted to GLIMS. Many of the smaller glaciers, particularly on Tröllaskagi, were snow-covered in late summer in 2014, and the glacier margin is hard to delineate in some areas for this reason. The outlines from 2014 are not shown on the maps in this paper for clarity because they are hard to distinguish from the outlines from ∼2010 and 2019. Data from 2014 are, however, included in the time series of glacier area shown in the Results section. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
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glacieroutline_lm_2014
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glaciology:glacieroutline_misc_1970s
Glacier outlines - Landsat 1, 1970s
Glacier outlines for the decade 1970–1980 have been digitized from early Landsat 1 (previously known as ERTS-1) images acquired in the summer of 1973, with a Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) 60×60 m and aerial images from the National Land Survey of Iceland from the 1970s (with a GSD of 0.7×0.7 m). The aerial images have been processed for creation of orthoimages and DEMs, and they were used to create additional glacier outlines in areas not covered by the 1973 Landsat imagery, and improve outlines in a few areas. This includes glacier margins for the smaller ice caps and glaciers (see Table 2 for details). The outlines of a few glaciers are based on declassified Hexagon KH9 satellite images aquired in 1980 (Belart et al., 2019, 2020). Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacieroutline_misc_1970s
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glaciology:glacieroutline_sent2_2017
Glacier outlines - Sentinel-2, 2017
During the summer and autumn of 2017, Sentinel-2 satellites acquired images (GSD of 10×10 m) of all the major glaciers in Iceland. To fill in the missing patches a mix of Landsat 8 and orthorectified aerial images from the company Loftmyndir ehf. were used. Kääb et al. (2016) noted lateral offsets in the geolocation of Sentinel-2 data. We found this offset to be quite small for the Icelandic glaciers and it is neglected here for simplicity since it does not affect calculations of glacier area. The outlines from 2017 are not shown on the maps in this paper for clarity because they are hard to distinguish from the outlines from ∼2010 and 2019. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacieroutline_sent2_2017
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glaciology:glacieroutline_sent2_2019
Glacier outlines - Sentinel-2, 2019
During the summer and autumn of 2019, Sentinel-2 satellites acquired images (GSD of 10×10 m) of all the major glaciers in Iceland. The warm spring and summer of 2019 enhanced melting of seasonal snow, exposing glacier margins, and enabled the delineation of the actual ice margin for the first time in several years at many locations. Orthorectified aerial images from the company Loftmyndir ehf. were also used in some areas. The smallest glaciers (< 3 km2 , shown in blue in Figure 1) and the groups listed in Table 1 were not digitized from those images and changes in their extent were assumed to be negligible compared with 2017. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacieroutline_sent2_2019
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glaciology:glacierphotolocv
Glacier photo locations
features
glacierphotolocv
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_ams
Glacier polygon - AMS maps/orthos, 1945-1946
The US Army Map Service (AMS) created topographic maps of Iceland at a scale of 1:50,000. These were based on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and 1946 and had contour lines drawn at 20 m intervals. During recent years, the original AMS aerial photographs, that are now stored at the National Land Survey of Iceland (NLS), have been scanned, georectified and processed to create DEMs and orthoimages utilizing the 60% acquisition overlap (Magnússon et al., 2016; Belart et al., 2019). These DEMs have been used to digitize glacier outlines more accurately than those displayed on the original topographic maps (see for example Belart et al., 2019, and Andreassen et al., 2020). In Table 2, a distinction is made between 1945/1946 glacier outlines digitized from the original maps and outlines derived more recently from the scanned aerial photographs. Two-thirds of the 1945/1946 outline for Vatnajökull (from Skeiðarárjökull to the west and north to Lambatungnajökull, except Öræfajökull for which the aerial images have been scanned and re-processed) is based on the AMS maps with some corrections; by georeferencing the scanned maps individually, and fitting each map segment to the surrounding valley walls, using lidar DEMs as reference topography (for more details see Pálsson et al., 2012, and Hannesdóttir et al., 2015b). Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacierpolygon_ams
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_ca_2000
Glacier polygon - Misc. 1998-2004
Multiple imagery sources were used to delineate the glacier margin for ∼2000. These included orthorectified aerial images from the company Loftmyndir ehf. (GSD of 1×1 m), satellite images from both Landsat 7 (GSD of 15×15 m) and SPOT-5 (GSD of 2.5×2.5 m and 5×5 m) and georeferenced oblique images taken from an airplane. The year of acquisition varies between sources from 1998 to 2004. The orthoimages (airborne and spaceborne) also have different GSD. For information relating to each glacier or glacierized area see Table 2. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacierpolygon_ca_2000
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_ipy
Glacier polygon - Lidar IPY, 2007-2012
During 2008–2012, starting during the International Polar Year, accurate and detailed DEMs of the glaciers in Iceland were produced with airborne lidar. The lidar DEMs have a GSD of 5×5 m and hillshades were created from them for delineation of glacier outlines (Jóhannesson et al., 2011, 2013). More than 90% of the glaciers were surveyed in this effort, including Vatnajökull, Hofsjökull, Mýrdalsjökull, Drangajökull, Eyjafjallajökull and several smaller glaciers. Approximately 70% of Langjökull was surveyed by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in late summer 2007, and almost the whole glacier again in 2013, including Þórisjökull (Pope et al., 2013). Hofsjökull was also resurveyed by lidar in 2013. The lidar mapping generally includes a 500–1000 m wide ice-free buffer zone around the ice margins which contains many glacial geomorphological features, and therefore the new DEMs have proved to be useful in geological investigations of proglacial areas. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacierpolygon_ipy
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_lia
Glacier polygon - Little Ice Age, ~1890
features
glacierpolygon_lia
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_lm_2014
Glacier polygon - Loftmyndir, 2014
Glacier outlines of 2014 based on aerial images from Loftmyndir ehf. and Landsat 8 satellite images are part of the glacier inventory presented here and submitted to GLIMS. Many of the smaller glaciers, particularly on Tröllaskagi, were snow-covered in late summer in 2014, and the glacier margin is hard to delineate in some areas for this reason. The outlines from 2014 are not shown on the maps in this paper for clarity because they are hard to distinguish from the outlines from ∼2010 and 2019. Data from 2014 are, however, included in the time series of glacier area shown in the Results section. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacierpolygon_lm_2014
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_misc_1970s
Glacier polygon - Landsat 1, 1970s
Glacier outlines for the decade 1970–1980 have been digitized from early Landsat 1 (previously known as ERTS-1) images acquired in the summer of 1973, with a Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) 60×60 m and aerial images from the National Land Survey of Iceland from the 1970s (with a GSD of 0.7×0.7 m). The aerial images have been processed for creation of orthoimages and DEMs, and they were used to create additional glacier outlines in areas not covered by the 1973 Landsat imagery, and improve outlines in a few areas. This includes glacier margins for the smaller ice caps and glaciers (see Table 2 for details). The outlines of a few glaciers are based on declassified Hexagon KH9 satellite images aquired in 1980 (Belart et al., 2019, 2020). Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacierpolygon_misc_1970s
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_sent2_2017
Glacier polygon - Sentinel-2, 2017
During the summer and autumn of 2017, Sentinel-2 satellites acquired images (GSD of 10×10 m) of all the major glaciers in Iceland. To fill in the missing patches a mix of Landsat 8 and orthorectified aerial images from the company Loftmyndir ehf. were used. Kääb et al. (2016) noted lateral offsets in the geolocation of Sentinel-2 data. We found this offset to be quite small for the Icelandic glaciers and it is neglected here for simplicity since it does not affect calculations of glacier area. The outlines from 2017 are not shown on the maps in this paper for clarity because they are hard to distinguish from the outlines from ∼2010 and 2019. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
glacierpolygon_sent2_2017
features
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glaciology:glacierpolygon_sent2_2019
Glacier polygon - Sentinel-2, 2019
During the summer and autumn of 2019, Sentinel-2 satellites acquired images (GSD of 10×10 m) of all the major glaciers in Iceland. The warm spring and summer of 2019 enhanced melting of seasonal snow, exposing glacier margins, and enabled the delineation of the actual ice margin for the first time in several years at many locations. Orthorectified aerial images from the company Loftmyndir ehf. were also used in some areas. The smallest glaciers (< 3 km2 , shown in blue in Figure 1) and the groups listed in Table 1 were not digitized from those images and changes in their extent were assumed to be negligible compared with 2017. Taken from: Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, et al. "A national glacier inventory and variations in glacier extent in Iceland from the Little Ice Age maximum to 2019." JOKULL 70 (2020): 1-34.
features
glacierpolygon_sent2_2019
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glaciology:glacierv
Glacier info
features
glacierv
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glaciology:stakembvv
Glacier mass balance info
features
stakembvv
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glaciology:stakev
Glacier mass balance stake
features
stakev
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glaciology:terminusobslocvv
Glacier terminus observation location
terminusobslocvv
features
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tos:v_stations_wgs84
Stations and Observation locations
Survey stations and observation locations of The Icelandic Met Office. This includes stations used for observing and monitoring weather, geophysical and hydrological parameters.
features
v_stations_wgs84
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