GIS Data

Data Description Source
DEM 15-arc second DEM model of British Columbia., Used for Elevation, Slope and Aspect Layers USGS EROS Archive – Digital Elevation – Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) vis EarthExplorer
Winter Precipitation as Snow  (mm) Raster File of Winter Precipitation as Snow Data across British Columbia for 30-year normal periods. Used for 5 periods: 1961-1990, 1981-2010, 2011-2040, 2041-2070, 2071-2100 Wang, T., Hamann, A., Spittlehouse, D.L., Murdock, T., 2012. ClimateWNA – High-Resolution Spatial Climate Data for Western North America. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 51: 16-29.
Summer Mean Temperature (C) Raster File of Summer Mean Temperature Data across British Columbia for 30-year normal periods. Used for 5 periods: 1961-1990, 1981-2010, 2011-2040, 2041-2070, 2071-2100 Wang, T., Hamann, A., Spittlehouse, D.L., Murdock, T., 2012. ClimateWNA – High-Resolution Spatial Climate Data for Western North America. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 51: 16-29.
BC Polygon Used to Clip Data, and Delineate the Coastline for Coastal Distance Data
Glacier Points The Locations of Known Glaciers, used as a reference for Glacier growth model validity GLIMS and NSIDC (2005, updated 2018): Global Land Ice Measurements

from Space glacier database.  Compiled and made available by the

international GLIMS community and the National Snow and Ice Data Center,

Boulder CO, U.S.A. DOI:10.7265/N5V98602

 

Header Glacier Image taken by Reuben King