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Research draft

glacier

vr.tr.glacier · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle glaciers by name, type, size, change over time, hazards and visiting safety, with sourced monitoring data.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle glaciers by name, type, size, change over time, hazards and visiting safety, with sourced monitoring data.

A persistent body of dense ice that forms from compacted snow and moves under its own weight, including valley glaciers, ice caps and tidewater glaciers; most glaciers are currently losing mass.

What it is for: Water storage, climate records and landscapes.

It can be find glacier data from monitoring programmes; explain glacier types and movement; understand hazards such as crevasses and outburst floods; plan safe visits with guides.

Distinguishing features

Moving ice mass

Formed from compacted snow

Sensitive to climate

Source of hazards and water

What it looks like

Rivers or sheets of white and blue ice with crevasses, moraines and meltwater.

How it is recognised

Crevasses and moraines

Valley, tidewater and cirque glaciers

Snowfields do not flow like glaciers

Related models

is a kind of - category

perennial ice cover

is related to - larger form

ice sheet

feeds - hydrology

river

is monitored by - programme

World Glacier Monitoring Service

In practice

Families and kinds

valley glaciers

cirque glaciers

ice caps

tidewater glaciers

tropical glaciers

Identifiers

GLIMS ID glacier inventory code inventory

Standards and regulation

Protected area rules

Mountain guide qualifications

Failure modes and hazards

Crevasse falls

Glacial lake outburst floods

Ice collapse at glacier fronts

Also called

icefalltropical glacierkalter Glacierglacierettidewater glacierregenerated glacierGlacieretpiedmont glacierGlaciers of Alaskaice domeice tongueice streamdebris covered glaciervedrettaice shelfglaciers of New Zealandmountain glacierGlaciers of BhutanGlaciers on MarsGlaciers of Georgiahanging glacierice piedmontPermanent glacierGlacier headice caprock glacieralpine glacierice cauldronglacial lobepolar ice capice patchMartian polar ice caps

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.glacier

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which glacier.

Inventories identify.

Name

Glacier.

Name

Glacier identity.

  1. Which glacier is meant, and where? provenance
  2. What is its inventory ID? provenance

Type

Form.

Type

Glacier type.

  1. What type of glacier is it? definition
  2. How does it move? definition
Change Monitoring.

Glaciers are changing.

Mass balance

Data.

Mass balance

Mass balance.

  1. How has its mass or length changed, according to monitoring data? measurement
  2. Over which period? provenance

Projections

Future.

Projections

Projections.

  1. What do studies project for this glacier? provenance
  2. How uncertain are they? boundary
Hazards Risks.

Glaciers are dangerous.

Crevasses

Travel.

Crevasses

Crevasse danger.

  1. Is it safe to walk on this glacier without a qualified guide? boundary
  2. What equipment and training are required? provenance

Floods

Outburst floods.

Floods

Outburst floods.

  1. Is there a glacial lake outburst flood risk here? provenance
  2. Which authority issues warnings? provenance
Visiting Tourism.

Visits need care.

Access

Viewpoints.

Access

Access.

  1. Where are safe viewpoints and trails? provenance
  2. Are there closures? provenance

Rescue

Emergencies.

Rescue

Mountain rescue.

  1. How can mountain rescue be contacted? provenance
  2. What information should be given? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each glacier be a separate entry?
  • How should GLIMS data be linked?
  • How should mass balance data be shown?