CONTRIBUTION OF THE DEMING GLACIER TO STREAMFLOW IN THE MIDDLE FORK NOOKSACK
In the North Cascade Range, Washington snowpack accumulation and the resultant ablation provides critical summer water resources. Direct measurement of ablation on the Easton Glacier during 2002 and 2003 allowed determination of glacier runoff from the adjacent Deming Glacier. The summer of 2002 was...
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| Summary: | In the North Cascade Range, Washington snowpack accumulation and the resultant ablation provides critical summer water resources. Direct measurement of ablation on the Easton Glacier during 2002 and 2003 allowed determination of glacier runoff from the adjacent Deming Glacier. The summer of 2002 was relatively cool and wet and followed a wet winter, as a result the contribution of the Deming Glacier reached a high of 23.9 % of total flow. In 2003 a drier summer followed a dry winter and the maximum glacier contribution was 30.9 % with three months of greater than 20 % contribution |
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