Table 1.--USGS and Counterpart Governmental Institutions in North America and Northwestern Europe
Involved in Glacier Monitoring

Institution

Miscellaneous Glacier Monitoring (e.g., Radio-echosounding, Glacier Hydrology, Satellite Remote Sensing, etc.)

Monitoring of Termini Fluctuations

Monitoring of Mass Balance

Topographic Mapping of Glaciers

Data Archives (National/International)

United States

USGS
Biological Resources Division

X

X

--

--

--

Geologic Division

X

X

--

--

--

National Mapping Division

--

--

--

X

X

(EROS Data Center)

Water Resources Division

X

X

X

X

X

U.S. National Park Service
X
X
X
--
--
NOAA

--

--

--

--

X*

NASA
X
--
--
--
X*

Canada
National Hydrology Research Institute

X

X

X

--

X

Geological Survey of Canada

X

--

--

--

--

Greenland (Denmark)
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

X

X

X

--

X

National Survey and Cadastre

--

--

--

X

--

Iceland
National Energy Authority

X

X

X

--

X

Science Institute (University of Iceland)

X

--

--

--

--

National Land Survey of Iceland

--

--

--

X

X

Norway

(including Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Norwegian Water and Energy Authority

X

X

X

X

X

Norwegian Polar Institute
X
X
X
X
X

Russia

Institute of Geography (Russian Academy of Sciences)

X

--

--

X

X

United Kingdom
Scott Polar Research Institute
X
--
--
--
--
Centre for Glaciology (University of Wales)

X

--
--
--
--

Switzerland

World Glacier Monitoring Service
--
--
--
--
X

*National Snow and Ice Data Center



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