ESA - Data User Element

	GlobGlacier EO based services for glacier monitoring Definition of EO based services for glacier monitoring, integration with state of the art ground-based observations, followed by the demonstration, implementation and validation of the services for the members of the User Group.
	Project References
Name	GlobGlacier
Title	EO based services for glacier monitoring
Programme	DUE (Data User Element)
Theme	Cryosphere Glob-series
Cost	€950k
Type	Service Demonstration
Status	Completed (01/11/2007 - In progress)
Sensors	ENVISAT : ASAR EOS-Terra : ASTER ERS-1/2 : SAR Landsat 4/5 : TM Landsat 7 : ETM
	Project Description
Web site	http://www.globglacier.ch
Objectives	The main objectives of the GlobGlacier project were to: Define EO based services for glacier monitoring based on the user requirements; Integrate latest EO technology with state of the art ground-based observations; Demonstrate and implement the services for the members of the User Group; Validate the services; Maintain a database of GlobGlacier products through the GLIMS database; Thereby contribute to new scientific results in the domain of climate change detection, sea level contribution, climate modelling and hydrological modelling. The GlobGlacier services covered glaciers from all over the world. The information products developed and demonstrated in the project responded to the operational needs and requirements of a certain number of users actively involved in the project. Additionally, these products provided an answer to the requirements of the GCOS implementation plan for UNFCCC, which defined Glaciers and Ice Caps as one of the Essential Climate Variables. The products also contributed to fulfilling the response to this implementation plan from the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS): "Satellite Observation of the Climate System - CEOS Response to the GCOS Implementation Plan".

Results

	Project Consortium
Prime contractor	UNIZH - PGD : University of Zurich - Department of Geography - Physical Geography Division
Subcontractors	ENVEO : ENVEO IT GmbH GAMMA : GAMMA REMOTE SENSING A.G. University of Leeds - Faculty of Environment : University of Oslo : University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences
	User Partnership
Users	ARPA-Lombardia : Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment - Lombardy Comitato Glaciologico Italiano : Comitato Glaciologico Italiano GLIMS : Global Land Ice Measurements from Space MPI-Met : Max Planck Institute for Meteorology NVE : Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta : Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta The University of Manchester : The University of Manchester UNBC - University of Northern British Columbia : UNBC - University of Northern British Columbia University of Colorado : University of Colorado WC2N - CFCAS : Western Canadian Cryospheric Network - Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences WGMS : World Glacier Monitoring Service
	Contact Points
Project Manager	Dr Frank Paul Physical Geography Division University of Zurich - Irchel Winterthurerstr. 190 CH-8057 Zurich,Switzerland Tel.: +41 44 635 51 75 Fax.: +41 44 635 68 48 Email: fpaul@geo.unizh.ch
Technical Officer	Frank Martin Seifert European Space Agency – ESRIN D/EOP-SEP Via Galileo Galilei I-00044 Frascati (Roma) Tel.: +39 06-941.80560 Fax: +39 06-941.80552 Email: frank.martin.seifert@esa.int

GlobGlacier

EO based services for glacier monitoring

Definition of EO based services for glacier monitoring, integration with state of the art ground-based observations, followed by the demonstration, implementation and validation of the services for the members of the User Group.