USGS Benchmark Glacier Project Comprehensive Data Collection ...

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark Glacier Program
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2020
• Subjects: Cryosphere, Glaciers/Ice Sheets, Glaciers, Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance, Glaciology, Geomorphology, Geology, Remote Sensing, glaciation, snow and ice cover, precipitation atmospheric, field inventory and monitoring, Wolverine Glacier, Gulkana Glacier, Sperry Glacier, South Cascade Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Juneau Icefield; Cascade Glacier; Juneau Icefield; Lemon Creek; glacier; glaciers; Ice Sheet; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9agxqsr; https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-research-and-development-program/science/glaciers-and-climate-project#data

Mountain glaciers are closely coupled to climate processes, ecosystems, and regional water resources. To enhance physical understanding of these connections, the USGS maintains a collection of glacier mass balance and climate data across the western United States and Alaska. In some cases, records o...