QFuego-Patagonia: A comprehensive glacier-related dataset for Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, South America
Abstract Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (Austral Andes) are the most glacierised regions in the Southern Hemisphere, where glaciers have experienced significant mass changes in recent decades. Understanding glacier–climate–water interactions is crucial for addressing future climate challenges. Open-access data play a key role in advancing geoscience research, improving models and assessing the impacts of hazards and sea-level rise impacts. Here, we present QFuego-Patagonia, a free glacier-related GIS dataset and web portal covering Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, which provides essential geospatial information across four scientific topics: Glaciology, Atmosphere, Terrain Models, and Glacial Geology and Geomorphology. This initiative aims to foster interdisciplinary research and collaboration, synthesise current knowledge and establish an advanced glacier data repository that will be continuously updated as new data and insights become available.
Authors
- Philipp Malz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7787-2948)
- Michał Pętlicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3383-2586)
- David Farías-Barahona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2385-7923)
- Sébastien Bertrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0374-4040)
- Lucas Ruiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8837-436X)
- Marius Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7508-8786)
- Thomas Loriaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-3089)
- Romain Millan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7987-1305)
- Luciano Pedro Oscar Mendoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7577-2799)
- Iñigo Irarrázaval (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8594-9669)
- Pablo Iribarren Anacona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-3561)
- Jan Erik Arndt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9413-1612)
- N. Blindow
- Claudio Bravo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4822-4786)
- Franziska Temme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-5493)
- Tomás Carrasco-Escaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2564-051X)
- Pamela Maldonado
- Ricardo Giesecke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8805-6089)
- Bethan J. Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-1813)
- Masahiro Minowa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-9798)
- Jorge Huenante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6219-4974)
- Alfonso Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6999-0776)
- Morgan McDonnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6946-9286)
- Eñaut Izagirre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8502-7824)
- Francisca Bown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-8690)
- Rodrigo Aguayo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-8470)
- Lukas Langhamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5020-5966)
- Johannes J. Fürst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3988-5849)
- Inés Dussaillant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-7731)
- Gino Casassa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7888-071X)
- Wolfgang Jens-Henrik Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3167-7570)
- Ilaria Tabone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-1793)
- Ryan Wilson
- Daniel Falaschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-2813)
- Andrés Rivera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-4192)
- Guisella Gacitúa
- Matthias Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5169-1567)
- Neil F. Glasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8245-2670)
- Tobias Sauter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-8096)
- Shin Sugiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5323-9558)
- Shuntaro Hata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-808X)
- Andreas Richter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8588-9755)
- César Cáceres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6406-0796)
- Masamu Aniya
- Valentina Peña-Santibañez
Institutions
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (CL)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Huddersfield (GB)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas (ES)
- Aberystwyth University (GB)
- Austral University of Chile (CL)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- University of Concepción (CL)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- University of Salzburg (AT)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Austral University (AR)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DK)
- National Institute of Polar Research (JP)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Gemeente Amsterdam (NL)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Center for Dynamic Research on High Latitude Marine Ecosystems (CL)
- Centro Científico Tecnológico - San Juan (AR)
- Institute for Biodiversity (DE)
- Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (VE)
- Centro de Recursos Educativos Avanzados (CL)
- Instituto de Química del Noroeste Argentino (AR)
- Patagonian Ecosystems Investigation Research Center (CL)
- Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
- Geosciences Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CL)
- GEI Consultants (US)
- Geomatikk (Norway) (NO)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- Universidad de Magallanes (CL)
- University of Montana (US)
- University of Chile (CL)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (AR)
- Centro de Estudios Científicos (CL)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Glaciology
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.10110
- Primary Topic
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo