Glacier Mass-Balance Fluctuations in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, USA

• Main Authors: Edward G. Josberger, William R Bidlake, Rod S. March, Ben W. Kennedy
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cascade Glacier; Pacific; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.521.9463; http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/glacier/data/IGS_2006_.pdf

The more than 40 year record of net and seasonal mass balance records from measurements made by the U.S. Geological Survey on South Cascade Glacier, Washington, and Wolverine and Gulkana Glaciers, Alaska, show annual and inter-annual fluctuations that reflect changes in the controlling climatic cond...