Glacier and Climate Studies West Gulkana Glacier and Environs, Alaska

• 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

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.