The Glaciers of the Dolomites: last 40 years of melting

This dataset refers to: Securo A., Del Gobbo C., Baccolo G., Barbante C., Citterio M., De Blasi F., Marcer M., Valt M., Colucci R. R.: The Glaciers of the Dolomites: last 40 years of melting. Submission to the Journal The Cryosphere is in progress. The study presents a multi-decadal (1980s-2023) estimation of surface elevation change and geodetic mass balance of the current mountain glaciers present in the area. Calculations are based on geodetic data: high resolution and accuracy is obtained with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Structure from Motion (SfM) and airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), from 2010 to 2023. SfM on historical aerial imagery is used for previous decades. The dataset contains: 1-band raster files (.tif) with the M3C2 (Multi Scale Model to Model Cloud Comparison) distance calculations from all mountain glaciers of the Dolomites, computed on common glacier area between the two periods. File names are as following: "AreaID_glaciername_year1_year2.tif" SR Monte Mario / Italy zone 2 - EPSG:3004 Geopackage (.gpkg) files with glaciers area during different periods. Polygon have the following attributes: Area ID, Glacier name, CGI-ID (Comitato Glaciologico Italiano), RGI-ID (Randoph Glacier Inventory), Area, Year. SR WGS84 - EPSG: 4326 Additional 3D models of the Dolomites Glaciers in 2023 can be found here: Sketchfab Full file list: "1_Popera_2010_2014.tif" "1_Popera_Alto_1992_2010.tif" "1_Popera_Alto_2010_2023.tif" "1_Popera_Alto_2014_2023.tif" "1_Popera_Pensile_1992_2010.tif" "1_Popera_Pensile_2010_2023.tif" "1_Popera_Pensile_2014_2023.tif" "2_Cristallo_1992_2010.tif" "2_Cristallo_2010_2014.tif" "2_Cristallo_2010_2023.tif" "2_Cristallo_2014_2023.tif" "3_Sorapiss_Occidentale_1980_2010.tif" "3_Sorapiss_Occidentale_2010_2014.tif" "3_Sorapiss_Occidentale_2010_2023.tif" "3_Sorapiss_Occidentale_2014_2023.tif" "4_Antelao_2010_2014.tif" "4_Antelao_Inferiore_1982_2010.tif" "4_Antelao_Inferiore_2010_2023.tif" "4_Antelao_Inferiore_2014_2023.tif" "4_Antelao_Superiore_1982_2010.tif" "4_Antelao_Superiore_2010_2023.tif" "4_Antelao_Superiore_2014_2023.tif" "5_Marmolada_1982_2010.tif" "5_Marmolada_2010_2014.tif" "5_Marmolada_2010_2023.tif" "5_Marmolada_2014_2023.tif" "6_Fradusta_1982_2010.tif" "6_Fradusta_2010_2014.tif" "6_Fradusta_2010_2023.tif" "6_Fradusta_2014_2023.tif" "6_Travignolo_1982_2010.tif" "6_Travignolo_2010_2014.tif" "6_Travignolo_2010_2023.tif" "6_Travignolo_2014_2023.tif" "area_dolomites_glaciers.gpkg" "area_dolomites_glaciers_1980s_1990s.gpkg" "area_dolomites_glaciers_2010.gpkg" "area_dolomites_glaciers_2023.gpkg"