Glaciers of Afghanistan 2015

Glacier data of Afghanistan was prepared based on Landsat imageries of 2015. The glacier outlines were derived semi-automatically using object-based image classification (OBIC ) separately for clean-ice and debris-covered glaciers and further manual editing for quality assurance. The attribute of glacier data were derived from SRTM DEM. This data was jointly prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW), Afghanistan and Cryosphere team of ICIMOD with the support of SERVIR HKH.