| Mountain range | Glaciers |
| Alaska | Gulkana, Wolverine |
| Pacific Coast Ranges | Place, South Cascade, Helm, Lemon Creek, Peyto |
| Andes | Echaurren Norte |
| Canadian High Arctic | Devon Ice Cap NW, Meighen Ice Cap, White |
| Svalbard | Austre Broeggerbreen, Midtre Lovénbreen |
| Scandinavia | Engabreen, Alfotbreen, Nigardsbreen, Grasubreen, Storbreen, Hellstugubreen, Hardangerjoekulen, Storglaciaeren |
| Alps | Saint Sorlin, Sarennes, Argentière, Silvretta, Gries, Stubacher Sonnblickkees, Vernagtferner, Kesselwandferner, Hintereisferner, Caresèr |
| Caucasus | Djankuat |
| Altai | No. 125 (Vodopadniy), Maliy Aktru, Leviy Aktru |
| Tien Shan | Ts. Tuyuksuyskiy, Urumqi Glacier No.1 |
The corresponding annual and cumulative mass balance
results of this data set from glaciers in the Americas
and Eurasia are visualized in the following two figures:
For more detailed analysis of the global mass balance dataset, see the following selected publications and references therein:
- Braithwaite, R.J. 2002. Glacier mass balance:
the first 50 years of international monitoring.
Progr. Phys. Geogr., 26 (1), 76-95.
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balance of glaciers other than the ice sheets. J.
Glaciol., 44 (147), 315-325.
- Dyurgerov, M.B. 2002. Glacier mass balance and
regime: data of measurements and analysis.
Boulder, CO, University of Colorado, Institute of
Arctic and Alpine Research. INSTAAR Occasional
Paper 55.
- Dyurgerov, M.B. and M.F. Meier. 2005. Glaciers
and the changing Earth system: a 2004 snapshot.
Boulder, CO, University of Colorado, Institute of
Arctic and Alpine Research. INSTAAR Occasional
Paper 58.
- Kaser, G., Cogley, J.G., Dyurgerov, M.B.,
Meier, M.F. and A. Ohmura. 2006. Mass balance of
glaciers and ice caps: consensus estimates for
1961-2004. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (19), L19501.
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O'Neel, S., Pfeffer, W.T., Anderson, R.S.,
Anderson, S.P. and A.F. Glazovsky. 2007. Glaciers
dominate eustatic sea-level rise in the 21st
century. Science, 317 (5841): 1064-1067.
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and ice caps during the 20th century. Ann.
Glaciol., 43, 361-368.
- WGMS. 2008. Global Glacier Changes: facts and
figures. Zemp, M., Roer, I., Kääb, A., Hoelzle,
M., Paul, F. and W. Haeberli (eds.), UNEP, World
Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland:
88 pp.
- Zemp, M., Hoelzle, M. and W. Haeberli. 2009.
Six decades of glacier mass balance observations
- a review of the worldwide monitoring network.
Annals of Glaciology, 50A018.