Based on satellite images, the inventory set a minimum glacier size of 1 hectare. (sciencemag.org)
The glacier inventory, which began in 2011, used satellite data to document every ice mass within Argentina with a minimum glacier size of 1 hectare (10,000 square metres, or about 2.5 acres). (sciencealert.com)
«This allows us to get a better picture of projected regional ice volume change and potential impacts on local water supplies, and changes in glacier size distribution,» Radic said. (livescience.com)