The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) was started in 1986, combining the two former services PSFG (Permanent Service on Fluctuations of Glaciers) and TTS/WGI (Temporal Technical Secretary/World Glacier Inventory).
Er wurde 1986 gestartet und vereint die beiden früheren Einrichtungen PSFG (Permanent Service on Fluctuations of Glaciers) und TTS/WGI (Temporal Technical Secretary/World Glacier Inventory).