Point Raw Glaciological Data: Ablation Stake, Snow Pit, and Probed Snow Depth Data on USGS Benchmark Glaciers ...

• Main Authors: Baker, Emily H, McNeil, Christopher J., Sass, Louis, O'Neel, Shad R
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2018
• Subjects: Cryosphere, Glaciers/Ice Sheets, Glaciers, Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f76q1whk; https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=194

Since the late 1950s, the USGS has maintained a long-term glacier mass-balance program at three North American glaciers. Measurements began on South Cascade Glacier, WA in 1958, expanding to Gulkana and Wolverine glaciers, AK in 1966, and later Sperry Glacier, MT in 2005. Additional measurements hav...