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South Cascade Glacier
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| South Cascade Glacier,
Oct. 5, 2000.
Photo by Bob Krimmel. (click on image for enlargement, 187 KB.) |
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) operates a long-term program to monitor climate,
glacier motion, glacier mass balance, and stream runoff. The data collected are used to
understand glacier-related hydrologic processes and improve the quantitative prediction of
water resources, glacier-related hazards, and the consequences of climate change (Fountain and others, 1997). The approach has been
to establish long-term mass balance monitoring programs at three widely spaced glacier
basins in the United States that clearly sample different climate-glacier-runoff regimes.
Gulkana Glacier is one of these three long-term, high quality mass balance monitoring
sites operated by the USGS. The other monitoring sites are Gulkana
Glacier and Wolverine Glacier
in Alaska.
See 3-glacier summaries for annual
mass balance,
runoff, and
air temperature graphs and data.
If you have Google Earth
installed, load view of South Cascade Glacier
here)
Maintainer: Robert Krimmel
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Last update:
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:46 PM
URL: http://ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/south_cascade/scg.htm
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