Glacier inventory of the upper Huasco valley, Norte Chico, Chile

Shapefile of the glacier inventory of the Upper Huasco catchment, Chile, that was generated for the following research article:

Nicholson, L. I., Marín, J., Lopez, D., Rabatel, A., Bown, F. and Rivera, A.: Glacier inventory of the upper Huasco valley, Norte Chico, Chile: glacier characteristics, glacier change and comparison with central Chile, Ann. Glaciol., 50(53), 111–118, doi:10.3189/172756410790595787, 2010.

Glaciers were mapped on the basis of ASTER imagery from 2004, and classifed for the study as clean ice glaciers (1), debris covered glaciers (2) and rock glaciers (3). Additionally, classification following the GLIMS gudeilines (https://www.glims.org/.../GLIMS_Glacier-Classification-Manual_V1_2005-02-10.pdf ) was applied where possible to glacier features on the basis of additional ASTER imagery from 2002 and 2003, and older air photographs.