Ọrụ Nlekọta Glacier nke Ụwa

Ebidoro World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) n'afọ 1986, na-ejikọta ọrụ abụọ mbụ PSFG (Permanent Service on Fluctuations of Glaciers) na TTS / WGI (Temporal Technical Secretary / World Glacier Inventory). Ọ bụ ọrụ nkè International Association of the Cryospheric Sciences nkè International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IACS, IUGG) yana nke World Data System nke International Council for Science (WDS, ICSU) ma na-arụkwa ọrụ n'okpuru nkwado nkè United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), nakwa World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

WGMS dị na Mahadum Zurich na Switzerland, ónyé nduzi nkè ọrụ ahụ bụ Michael Zemp. Ọ na-akwado ya site na United Nations Environment Programme.

WGMS "na-achịkọta ihe ndị a na-ahụkarị na mgbanwe na oke, olu, mpaghara na ogologo nkè glaciers na oge (mgbanwe glacier), yana ozi ọnụ ọgụgụ gbasara nkesa nke ice na-adịgide adịgide na mbara igwe (ihe ndekọ glacier). Mgbanwe glacier na data ngwongwo dị otú ahụ bụ ihe dị mkpa dị elu na nlekota usoro ihu igwe; ha na-eme ka ihe ndabere maka modeling hydrological gbásárá mmetụta nkè okpomọkụ ikuku, ma na-enye ozi dị mkpa na glaciology, glacial geomorphology na quaternary geology. Mgbanwe glacier na data ngwongwo dị otú ahụ bụ ihe dị mkpa dị elu na nlekota usoro ihu igwe; ha na-eme ka ihe ndabere màkà modeling hydrological gbásárá mmetụta nke okpomọkụ ikuku, ma na-enye ozi dị mkpa na glaciology, glacial geomorphology na quaternary geology. A na-achọta ozi kachasị elu màkà Alps na Scandinavia, ébé ndekọ ogologo na nke a na-akpaghị aka dị.

"N'ịrụkọ ọrụ ọnụ na US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) na Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS), WGMS na-ahụ màkà Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) n'ime GTOS / GCOS. GTN-G na-ezube ijikọta (a) ihe ndị a hụrụ n'ọnọdụ ya na data a na-ahụ anya, (b) usoro nghọta na mkpuchi zuru ụwa ọnụ na (c) nha ọdịnala na teknụzụ ọhụrụ site na iji usoro jikọtara ọnụ na ọtụtụ ọkwa.WGMS site 

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