Climate Change / Digital Repositories

Climate & Glacier Datasets for the Third Pole

Machine-readable versions of primary scientific publications on glaciology, hydrology, and meteorology in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. Processed from source documents by KG Labs for AI-assisted climate research. All items link to files that exist in the repository.

7

Datasets

534

Extracted tables (MD + CSV)

1967–2018

Publication span

Formats: Markdown full text (MD) · Extracted data tables (MD + CSV) · Structured JSON manifests · Scanned page images (PNG). PDF source files not hosted here; links point to machine-readable outputs only.

Glacier Inventories

Glacier Catalogues — Kyrgyzstan & Adjacent Basins

Primary inventories of glaciers across Kyrgyzstan and adjacent Central Asian ranges. Sources span Soviet-era systematic surveys through to a 2018 CAIAG re-survey using Landsat 8 imagery.

Catalogue of Glaciers of Kyrgyzstan (2018)

Каталог ледников Кыргызстана

MD Full Text 464 MD Tables 464 CSV Tables

        Citation
        Shabunin, A.G. (2018). Catalogue of Glaciers of Kyrgyzstan. Ed. B.D. Moldobekov. Scientific consultants: R.A. Usubaliev, A.N. Mandychev. Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Bishkek. UDK 551.324.3.
      

Comprehensive re-survey of all glaciers in the Kyrgyz Republic comparing current state (2013–2016) against the Soviet-era catalogue baseline. Covers 22 major river basins from Assa/Talas to Kyzylsu, documenting glacier location, morphometric parameters, area change, and terminus positions. Imagery: Landsat 8 (USGS), 15 m/pixel via ENVI 4.6.1.

Key fields — glacier summary tables (Table I)

Field	Type	Description
basin	string (RU)	River basin name
total_count	integer	Total glaciers; value in parentheses = Soviet-era baseline
total_area_km2	float	Total glaciated area (km²); parenthesized = baseline
count_ge_0.1km2	integer	Count of glaciers ≥ 0.1 km²
count_lt_0.1km2	integer	Count of glaciers < 0.1 km²

License Research / Fair Use Language Russian (RU) Published 2018 Survey period 2013–2016 (Landsat 8) Coverage 22 river basins, Kyrgyz Republic Formats available MD · CSV

22 River basins 464 Extracted tables 15 m Image resolution

glaciology Kyrgyzstan Tien Shan Landsat 8 area change

Full text (MD) Tables (MD + CSV) CAIAG, Bishkek · UDK 551.324.3 · 2018

Kyrgyzstan Glacier Catalog — Structured Dataset

Каталог ледников СССР, Том 14, Выпуск 2 — machine-readable edition

JSON Manifests README

        Source publication
        Catalogue of Glaciers of the USSR. Vol. 14: Central Asia. Issue 2: Kyrgyzstan. Hydrometeoizdat, Leningrad. Parts 1–11, various years 1967–1986. Archived at GeoKniga.org. Structured dataset compiled by KG Labs, 2024.
      

JSON edition of the Soviet-era Kyrgyzstan glacier catalogue. One metadata record per basin section (Parts 1–10/11 plus supplement to Part 6), plus a full manifest and compact summary manifest. Machine-readable entry point for the underlying source PDFs and their Markdown conversions.

JSON schema — manifest.summary.json fields

Field	Type	Description
section	string	Part identifier (e.g. “Part 1”)
topic	string (EN)	English description of geographic coverage
title	string (RU)	Full Russian title of the basin volume
pdf_file	string	Relative path to source PDF in source/

Full records add: slug · book_id · source_page (GeoKniga URL) · annotation (RU) · pdf_url · cover_file · fetched_utc

License Research / Fair Use Format JSON · MD Published 1967–1986 (original vols.) Compiled KG Labs, 2024 Files 11 basin JSON · manifest.json · manifest.summary.json · README.md

11 Basin JSON records 1967–86 Source volumes

manifest.summary.json manifest.json Basin JSON (11 files)

Glacier Catalogue USSR — Vol. 14, Issue 2, Part 8 (Upper Sary-Dzhaz)

Каталог ледников СССР. Том 14. Выпуск 2. Часть 8 — Бассейн верховьев р. Сары-Джаза

Citation: Catalogue of Glaciers of the USSR. Vol. 14, Issue 2, Part 8: Upper Sary-Dzhaz above the Kuiliu confluence. Hydrometeoizdat, Leningrad. (Series: 1967–1986; exact year not recorded in metadata.)

Text extraction not available — scanned page images only. The MD file contains image links; no machine-readable text was recovered from the source scan.

Covers glaciers in the upper Sary-Dzhaz river basin above the Kuiliu confluence — one of the major glaciated catchments in the eastern Tien Shan. Contains glacier tables, schematic maps, and morphometric data in scanned form.

License

Research / Fair Use

Published

1967–1986 series (exact year not recorded in metadata)

Format

PNG (scanned pages)

Glacier Catalogue USSR — Vol. 14, Syrdarya Basin, Part 1 (Pskem)

Каталог ледников СССР. Том 14. Вып. 1. Бассейн р. Сырдарьи. Часть 1. Бассейн р. Пскем

Citation: Catalogue of Glaciers of the USSR. Vol. 14, Syrdarya Basin, Part 1: Pskem River Basin. Hydrometeoizdat, Leningrad. (Series: 1967–1986; exact year not recorded in metadata.)

Text extraction not available — scanned page images only.

Glaciers of the Pskem river basin on the northern slopes of the Chatkal and Ugam ranges, bordering Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Relevant to cross-border water management and regional glacier comparison.

License

Research / Fair Use

Published

1967–1986 series (exact year not recorded in metadata)

Format

PNG (scanned pages)

Glacier Catalogue USSR — Vol. 14, Syrdarya Basin, Part 2 (Chatkal)

Каталог ледников СССР. Том 14. Вып. 1. Бассейн р. Сырдарьи. Часть 2. Бассейн р. Чаткал

Citation: Catalogue of Glaciers of the USSR. Vol. 14, Syrdarya Basin, Part 2: Chatkal River Basin. Hydrometeoizdat, Leningrad. (Series: 1967–1986; exact year not recorded in metadata.)

Text extraction not available — scanned page images only.

Glaciers of the Chatkal river basin in the western Tien Shan. The Chatkal range forms part of the northern boundary of the Fergana Valley and is a source of water for Uzbekistan and western Kyrgyzstan.

License

Research / Fair Use

Published

1967–1986 series (exact year not recorded in metadata)

Format

PNG (scanned pages)

Hydrology & Meteorology

Hydrometeorological Reference Publications

Scientific compilations on the hydrology and meteorology of Kyrgyzstan’s major water bodies and mountain systems, spanning the Soviet and post-Soviet periods.

Hydrometeorological Regime and Dynamics of Lake Issyk-Kul (1985)

Гидрометеорологический режим и динамика озера Иссык-Куль

Citation: Shomortsev, O.L. (Ed.) (1985). Hydrometeorological Regime and Dynamics of Lake Issyk-Kul. Tien Shan High Mountain Physical-Geographical Station, Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, Frunze [Bishkek].

Text extraction not available — scanned page images only. Low-resolution source scan; OCR recovery was not successful.

Presents new data on the hydrometeorological regime and shore dynamics of Lake Issyk-Kul under conditions of declining water levels. Published by the Tien Shan High Mountain Physical-Geographical Station — predecessor to the Tien Shan High Mountain Research Center, a KG Labs project partner.

License

Research / Fair Use

Published

1985

Publisher

Academy of Sciences Kyrgyz SSR, Frunze

Format

PNG (scanned pages)

Meteorology and Hydrology in Kyrgyzstan — Issue 6 (2008)

Метеорология и гидрология в Кыргызстане. Выпуск 6

MD Full Text 70 MD Tables 70 CSV Tables

        Citation
        Podrezov, O.A. (Ed.) (2008). Meteorology and Hydrology in Kyrgyzstan, Issue 6. Reviewed by Prof. V.M. Lelevkin. Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (KRSU), Bishkek. ISBN 978-9967-05-388-5. UDK 551, BBK 26.23.
      

Scientific collection of research results on mountain meteorology, climatology, and hydrology of Kyrgyzstan and adjacent regions. Articles address current problems in atmospheric and hydrological science, including river runoff, reservoir sedimentation, and hydrological characteristics of major regional tributaries.

Content structure

Component	Description
Articles	Scientific papers in Russian; titles and abstracts extractable from MD
Tables	70 extracted tables (hydrometeorological measurements, river runoff data)
Rivers covered	Kara-Darya, Yassy, Kara-Kuldzha, Tar, Kurshab; Naryn, Talas, Chu (transboundary)
Topics	Liquid and sediment runoff, reservoir sedimentation, snow cover dynamics, climate

License Research / Fair Use Language Russian (RU) Published 2008 ISBN 978-9967-05-388-5 Publisher KRSU, Bishkek Pages 132 pp.

70 Extracted tables 132 pp. Source length KRSU

Full text (MD) Tables (MD + CSV) ISBN 978-9967-05-388-5 · KRSU · 2008

Processing Note

Markdown conversions were produced using MarkItDown from source PDFs. Data tables were extracted using a custom pdfplumber pipeline. For volumes where text extraction failed, only scanned page images are available. All source publications remain the intellectual property of their respective authors and institutions. KG Labs hosts machine-readable derivatives for research purposes under fair use; please cite the original publications when using this material.

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