GLACIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE VICINITY OF CAMP CENTURY, GREENLAND
A series of pit studies was made across the Thule Peninsula in the vicinity of Camp Century. Mean annual accumulation was found to range from 16.2 g/sq. cm to 60.3 g/sq. cm, decreasing linearly with distance from moisture source area. The Thule Peninsula was found to create a pronounced precipitatio...
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1965
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Online Access: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0615282 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0615282 |
Summary: | A series of pit studies was made across the Thule Peninsula in the vicinity of Camp Century. Mean annual accumulation was found to range from 16.2 g/sq. cm to 60.3 g/sq. cm, decreasing linearly with distance from moisture source area. The Thule Peninsula was found to create a pronounced precipitation shadow. The mean annual temperature as determined by 10-m snow temperatures decreased 1.2C/100-m rise in elevation. Seismic and elevation determinations indicate that Camp Century is at an elevation of 1885 m and is underlain by approximately 1380 m of ice. (Author) |
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