Deliverable D1.1 Data catalogue of in-situ observations

This report pertains to the Deliverable D1.1: Data catalogue of in-situ observations, as described in ANNEX 1, part A (p. 32) of the EC/REA Grant Agreement for project number 101184962, "LIQUIDICE". Work Package 1 of the LIQUIDICE project is led by GEUS with the support of USil, IG PAS, UMP, CNR, UiO, USil, NORCE, UGOT, SIOS-KC, llSC and llTB. Other beneficiaries are also asked to contribute to the deliverable by reaching out to key people and organisations in each of their own countries. The goal of the catalogue is to collect the information about published, available online and unpublished datasets of the in-situ observations. The five specific glacial regions were identified as super study sites covering regions with diverse climatic characteristics and vulnerability to global warming: • Italian Alps study sites: Monte Rosa glacier system and the Lys and Evanc;on glacier catchment. • Norway study sites: Jostedalsbreen glacier system and Nigardsbreen glacier catchment. • Greenland study sites: llulissat and Kangerlussuaq ice sheet catchments. • Svalbard study sites: the Austre Brnggerbreen and Werenskioldbreen glacier catchments and the Fuglebekken catchment. • Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) - Ladakh Region and the Stok glacier and Chenab, Alaknanda and Teesta Basin. A systematic method of cataloguing data was adopted using the Essential Climate Variables (Global Climate Observing System GCOS), Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords, and World Glacier Monitoring Service standards. The catalogue includes 210 datasets from all the sites. Most data are available for the Svalbard study site, comprising 132 datasets in total (62%). For the remaining study sites, the number of datasets is distributed proportionally. However, there are regions where no observations are available for a given category. The largest and longest datasets concern meteorology and glacier mass balance data. Analysis revealed that 73% of the mapped data is currently not accessible in open repositories.