Thu, 08/30/2012 - 15:48
In May 2012, IARC's Simon Filhol and Alessio Gusmeroli, together with a few other researchers of
the SnowNet project, visited Imnavail Creek to monitor the snowmelt. Imnavait is located on the foothills of the Brooks Range, on the North Slope of Alaska. The creek is also widely used by researchers like biologists, hydrologists, ecologists to perform studies on climate change and Arctic ecosystems. In addition to the long-term study of snowmelt with daily snow-depth probing and snow density measurements, time-lapse cameras were set up around the creek to capture photos of the snow melting. Read More