The mass balance of McCall Glacier, Brooks Range, Alaska, U.S.A.; its regional relevance and implications for climate change in the Arctic

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Rabus, B.T., Echelmeyer, K. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Arctic; Fairbanks; Canada; Inuvik; McCall; Barrow; Brooks Range; Climate change; glacier; glacier*; glaciers; Journal of Glaciology; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000002665; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000002665

Abstract McCall Glacier has the only long-term mass-balance record in Arctic-Alaska. Average annual balances over the periods 1958–72 and 1972–93 were –15 and –33cm, respectively; recent annual balances (1993–96) are about –60 cm, and the mass-balance gradient has increased. For an Arctic glacier, w...