Glacier and Climate Studies West Gulkana Glacier and Environs, Alaska

Contents--The West Gulkana Glacier Project, 1986- 87; Constructing a 5-m Contour Map and Determining Volumetric Change from Digital Date; Determination of 1957-1986 Mass Balance by Comparison of Topographic Maps; Two- Year Mass Balance; Recent Glaciation; 1986 Summer Radiation Balance: Effects of Ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marcus, Melvin G., Reynolds, William J.
Other Authors: ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE DEPT OF GEOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Meteorology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*CLIMATE
*GLACIERS
MASS
ALASKA
WIND
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
VARIATIONS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
BALANCE
WALLS
SOLAR RADIATION
LONG WAVELENGTHS
VALLEYS
FLUX(RATE)
TEMPERATURE
VOLUME
*WEST GULKANA GLACIER PROJECT
glacier
glaciers
Ice
permafrost
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA206992
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA206992
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Summary:Contents--The West Gulkana Glacier Project, 1986- 87; Constructing a 5-m Contour Map and Determining Volumetric Change from Digital Date; Determination of 1957-1986 Mass Balance by Comparison of Topographic Maps; Two- Year Mass Balance; Recent Glaciation; 1986 Summer Radiation Balance: Effects of Changing Surface Conditions; Valley Wall Long-Wave Flux Contributions; Air Temperature Variations over Different Surfaces; Aspects of Wind; Winds at Summit Lake, Alaska, during Summer, 1986; Comparison of 0000Z Upper Air Temperatures with 1600 LST West Gulkana Glacier Air Temperatures; Summer Field Season Observations; 1986 5-m Contour Map (in pocket). Original contains color plates: All DTIC/NTIS reproductions will be in black and white.

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