Annual end of summer snowline survey

Since 1978 an aerial photographic survey of the glaciers of New Zealand has been carried out. The primary purpose of the survey is to record how much snow covers the glaciers at the end of summer.
Hosted By: NIWA
Category: Climate
Keywords: snowline, survey
Data Quality
Parameter Score Description
Accessible (AC) Medium Data are accessible via personal contact or intermediate application
Common Format (CF) Good Data are available in a commonly used format (syntax)
Data Lineage Statement (DL) Medium Data are inadequately described in terms of their origins, modifications and processing history
Data Quality Statement (DQ) Medium Data are not well established in terms of their content quality, completeness and consistency
Governance (GO) Medium The contributing organisation (CRI) has ambiguous ownership or recognised stewardship of the data
Identifiers (ID) Poor Neither the metadata nor the data are described with a unique identifier
Terms of use (TU) Poor A data licence does not exist nor conditions of use explained
Last Updated (LU) Good A last updated statement is available