Glacier-Wide Mass Balance and Compiled Data Inputs ...

• Main Authors: U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark Glacier Program, Christopher J. Mcneil, Louis Sass, Caitlyn E Florentine, Emily H Baker, Erich H Peitzsch, Erin N Whorton, Zachary S Miller, Daniel B Fagre, Adam M Clark, Shad R O'Neel, Katherine E Bollen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2016
• Subjects: cryosphere; glaciers/ice sheets; ablation zones/accumulation zones; glaciology; glaciers; glacier elevation/ice sheet elevation; glacier mass balance/ice sheet mass balance; glaciation; snow; ice cover; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f7hd7srf; https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=79

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. The Juneau Icefield Researc...