MODICE vs. RGI, Central Asia

MODICE vs. RGI, Central Asia

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5 Central Asian countries, with MODICEv04. Turkmenistan has no glacierized regions.
Eastern Kazakhstan, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid.
Zoom Eastern Kazakhstan, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid. Demonstrates limits of MODICE 500 m resolution.
Kyrgyz Republic, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid.
Zoom1, Kyrgyz Republic, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid. Zoomed to south-central area, where MODICE is mapping more ice area than RGI.
Zoom2: Kyrgyz Republic, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid.
Tajikistan, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid.
Zoom: Tajikistan, MODICE with RGI outlines overlaid. Note area where MODICE maps more ice than RGI.
Uzbekistan with MODICE and RGI.
Zoom: Uzbekistan, MODICE with RGI. Note RGI outlines where MODICE indicates no ice.



M. J. Brodzik <brodzik@nsidc.org>