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Perennial Ice and Snow Masses " :1 i :í{' ;, fÎ :~ A contribution to the International Hydrological' Decade Perennial ice and snow masses A guide for , compilation and assemblage of data for a world inventory unesco/iash " ' " I In this series: '1 Perennial Ice and Snow Masses. A Guide for Compilation and Assemblage of Data for a World Inventory. 2 Seasonal Snow Cower. A Guide for Measurement, Compilation and Assemblage of Data. 3 Variations of Existing Glaciers. A Guide to International Practices for their Measurement.. 4 Antartie Glaciology in the International Hydrological Decade. S Combined Heat, Ice and Water Balances at Selected Glacier Basins. A Guide for Compilation and Assemblage of Data for Glacier Mass Balance ( Measurements. (- ~------------------ ", _.::._-~,.:- r- ,.; •.'.:-._ ': " :;-:"""':;-iij .if( :-:.:" The selection and presentation of material and the opinions expressed in this publication are the responsibility of the authors concerned 'and do not necessarily reflect , , the views of Unesco. Nor do the designations employed or the presentation of the material imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Unesco concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities, or concerning the frontiers of any country or territory. Published in 1970 by the United Nations Bducational, Scientific and Cultal al OrganIzatIon, Place de Fontenoy, 75 París-r-. Printed by Imprimerie-Reliure Marne. © Unesco/lASH 1970 Printed in France SC.6~/XX.1/A. ...•.•• :. ;'::'~~"::::'??<;~;~8~~~ (,: :;H,.,Wfuif:: Preface The International Hydrological Decade _(IHD) As part of Unesco's contribution to the achieve- 1965-1974was launched hy the General Conference ment of the objectives of, the IHD the General of Unesco at its thirteenth session to promote Conference authorized the Director-General to international co-operation in research and studies collect, exchange and disseminate information and the training of specialists and technicians in concerning research on scientific hydrology and to scientific hydrology. Its purpose is to enable all facilitate, contacts between research workers in this countries to make a fuller assessment of' their field. To this end Unesco has initiated two collec- water resources and a more rational use of them as tions of publications 'Studies and Reports in man's demands for water constantly increase in face Hydrology' and 'Technical Papers in Hydrology'. of developments in population, industry and agricul- The collection 'Technical Papers in Hydrology' ( ture. In 1968 national committees for the Decade] is intended to provide a means for the exchange of had been formed in 100 of Unesco's 122 Member information on hydrological techniques and for States to carry out national activities .and to con- the co-ordination of research and data collection. tribute to regional and international' activities T~~: acquisition, transmission and processing of within the programme of the Decade. The imple- data 'In a manner permitting the intercomparison mentation of the programme is supervised by a of resultsis -àprerequisite to efforts to co-ordinate co-ordinating council, composed of twenty-one , scientific projects,' 'within the framework of the Member States selected by the General Conference IHD. 'The:', exchange' .of information ,on data col- of Unesco, which studies proposals for'developments lected throughout . the world, '"requires standard of the programme, recommends projects of interest ínstruments.œchníqueaüníts of measure and term- to all or a large number of countries, assists in the inology in, order -that data from all .areas will be . development of national and regional projects and comparable. Much 'work has been done already co-ordinates international co-operation. · toward international standardization, but much Promotion of collaboration in developing hydro- remains to be done even for simple measurements logical research techniques, diffusing hydrological of basic factors such as precipitation, snow cover, data and planning hydrological installations is a soil moisture, streamflow, sediment transport and major feature of the programme of the' IHD ground-water phenomena. which encompasses all aspects of hydrological It is hoped that the guides on data collection studies. and research. Hydrological investigations and compilation in specific areas of hydrology t are encouraged at the national, regional and inter- to be published in this collection will provide means national level to strengthen and to improve the whereby hydrologists may standardize their records use of natural resources from a local and a global of observations and thus facilitate the study of perspective. The programme provides a means for hydrology on a world-wide basis. , ___ -=c::o~u:n::tr:;ie:s~w:;e~ll~a;d~v~an~c;e~d~in;;h~y~d;r~ol~o¿gt;·c~a;l~r~e;se~a;r~ch~ ,__ tö exchange sClentIiic VIews and for developing countries to benefit from this exchange of inform- ation in elaborating research projects and in imple- menting recent developments in the planning of hydrological installations. Contents Foreword 9 1 Ice and snow on the surface (glacier inventory) Il 2 Ice beneath the surface 21 3 Three pilot studies for the IHD world inventory of glaciers 25 Introduction 25 A. A pilot study for an inventory of the glaciers of the High Arctic 26 B. A pilot study for an inventory of the glaciers in the Rocky Mountains 36 C. A pilot study for an inventory of the glaciers in the Eastern Himalayas 47 Foreword Since about 80 per cent of all fresh water exists ·The International Commission of Snow and Ice in solid form, an accurate assessment of the amount, (IÇSI) of the International Association of Scientific distribution and variation of all snow and ice masses, Hydrology (lASH) was asked to prepare guidance both near to and far from areas at present inhabited material for the compilation of a world inventory is of importance for the understanding of man's of perennial ice and snow masses as a contribution environment. To comply' with the need for more to the estimation of the world water balance. This complete and detailed information on ice and technical paper was prepared by a Working Group snow, the Co-ordinating Council of the IHD at of ICSI under the chairmanship of Professor its first session passed a resolution recommending if. Müller. (- to Member States the mapping of permanent snow The guide takes into account the recent manual and ice masses and the compilation and assemblage Guide to Making a Catalogue of Glaciers of the of data for publication in order to obtain the elements U.S.S.R. published in 1966 in the U.S.S.R. necessary for the establishment of the regional Unesco gratefully acknowledges the efforts of distribution .of .permanent sn9W and ice various the working group and the aid of the officers of territories and the degree of.accuracy in ·each area. ICSI in the preparation of this manual. t_ 9 . , .. ~.... '", ~I. t· t ¡ t t l j 1 Ice and snow on the surface (glacier inventory) Almost 99 per cent of all ice on the earth is contain- The Standard Data Sheet ed in glaciers, and most of it is stored in the two continental ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland The objective. of the Standard Data Sheet (Fig. l) (97 per cent of the total glacier area of the earth). is to permit useful and rapid processing of the data Some of the remaining 3 per cent of the glacierized for hydrological needs as well as for further use area is, however, of direct importance to mankind, by the various environmental sciences. It is suggest- providing water for irrigation, industry, hydro- ed. that the information on 'each glacier or ice' power, recreation and domestic supplies. mass should be entered on a separate data' sheet, A pilot study for a glacier inventory was carried from which punch cards of standard format are easily prepared. ... out by C. S. L. Ommanney, in close co-operation with the ICS! Working Group, on the ice masses of Axel Heiberg Island (Canadian High Arctic). Source material It will appear as a separate publication (Ommanney, 1969). ne primary sources of information ~re. maps, photographs and published accounts. Different levels of sophistication in the Maps glacier inventory In general, standard topographical maps will have Owing to differences in availability and quality to be the basis from which most data are extracted. .of maps, photographs and personnel, and in the The minimum suitable scale is probably l :250,000, nature of the gIacierized areas, it will be easier for but wherever available larger scales should be used. some . countries to produce a glacier inventory Unfortunately many topographical maps. pay scant than for others. On the following pages standard heed to the exact shape' and precise extent of gla- requirements are presented for data collection ciers and perennial snowfields; consequently it is and accuracy; it is hoped that they can be fulfilled frequently necessary to check the glaciological by everyone. For certain areas, however, it might information depicted. on the map. Anomalies must prove impossible-for a variety of reasons-to meet be corrected with the aid of photographs, etc., and - -" - these requirements. In such cases it is suggested a note to this effect must be made on the Standard that statistically valid sampling techniques be used 'Data Sheet together with the other required map for selected areas, and that models be developed, information, such as are frequently applied in the earth sciences In addition to the largest scale maps available, (Krumbein and Graybill, 1965), to calculate the a regional map on a smaller scale-perhaps at best possible over-all values for large areas. On l : 500,000 or less, depending on the size and nature the other hand, all countries capable of providing of the glacierized area-will be required in order information additional to the standard require- to work out the IdentIficatIon and codIng system.
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