Measurements of velocity and ablation from Bering Glacier during the recent surge

• Main Authors: Shuchman, Robert A., Roussi, Chris, Endsley, K. Arthur, Josberger, Edward G., Hart, Benjamin E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2011
• Subjects: glaciers; snowmelt; instruments and techniques; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Gass; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/mtri_p/144; http://abstractsearch.agu.org/meetings/2011/FM/C41G-07.html

Bering Glacier, in south central Alaska, the largest and longest glacier in continental North America, is once again surging. The last surge occurred in the 1993-1995 time period; the current surge was first documented by satellite observations in January 2011. In mid-May 2011 we deployed Glacier Ab...