USGS Benchmark Glacier Mass Balance and Project Data

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...

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Main Authors: Baker, Emily H, Mcneil, Christopher J, Sass, Louis, Peitzsch, Erich H, Whorton, Erin N, Florentine, Caitlyn E, Clark, Adam M, Miller, Zachary S, Fagre, Daniel B, O'Neel, Shad R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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
Cascade Glacier
Juneau Icefield
Lemon Creek
Pelto
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f7bg2n8r
https://www2.usgs.gov/landresources/lcs/glacierstudies/mbbmark.asp
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Summary: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 have been made on Lemon Creek Glacier, AK to compliment data collected by the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP; Pelto et al., 2013). Direct field measurements of point glaciological data are combined with weather and geodetic data to estimate the seasonal and annual mass balance at each glacier in both a conventional and reference surface format (Cogley and others, 2011). The analysis framework (O'Neel, 2019, in prep; prior to v 3.0 van Beusekom and others, 2010) is identical at each glacier to enable cross-comparison between output time series. Vocabulary used follows Cogley and others (2011) Glossary of Glacier Mass Balance.

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