The PROMICE (Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet) aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses is the first high resolution dataset documenting the mid-1980s areal extent of the Greenland Ice Sheet and all the local glaciers and ice caps. The total glacierized area excluding nunataks was 1 804 638 kmsup2/sup ± 2178 kmsup2/sup, of which 88 083 ± 1240 kmsup2/sup belonged to local glaciers and ice caps (GIC) substantially independent from the Greenland Ice Sheet. This new result of GIC glacierized area is higher than most previous estimates, 81% greater than Weng's (1995) measurements, but is in line with contemporary findings based on independent data sources. A comparison between our map and the recently released Rastner et al. (2012) inventory and GIMP (Greenland Ice Mapping Project) Ice-Cover Mask (Howat and Negrete, 2013) shows potential for change-assessment studies.
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机译：格陵兰冰块的PROMICE（格陵兰冰原监测计划）航空摄影测量图是第一个高分辨率数据集，记录了1980年代中期格陵兰冰原的面积范围以及所有本地冰川和冰盖。除努纳塔克山以外的总冰川面积为1 804 638 km 2 ＆pm; 2178 km 2 ，其中88083＆pm; 1240 km 2 属于基本独立于格陵兰冰原的地方冰川和冰帽（GIC）。 GIC冰川化面积的这一新结果高于大多数先前的估计，比Weng（1995）的测量结果高81％，但与基于独立数据源的当代发现相符。我们的地图与最近发布的Rastner等人的比较。 （2012年）清单和GIMP（格陵兰冰图计划）冰盖面罩（Howat和Negrete，2013年）显示了进行变更评估研究的潜力。
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