Flow Control and Design Assessment for Drainage System at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Affleck, Rosa, Carr, Meredith, West, Brendan
• Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *RUNOFF; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CONTROL; DRAINAGE; FLOW; MODELS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL EROSION; WEIRS; EPOLAR(ENGINEERING FOR POLAR OPERATIONS LOGISTICS AND RESEARCH); SEDIMENT PONDS; SNOWMELT; MCMURDO STATION(ANTARCTICA); Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Winter Quarters Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA615402; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA615402

Runoff at McMurdo Station is driven primarily by the melting of snow and glacier ice. Snowmelt runoff passes through McMurdo via a system of drainage ditches, gullies, and culverts. Ultimately, the snowmelt runoff discharges into Winter Quarters Bay and McMurdo Sound through several discharge points...