Glacier and Climate Studies West Gulkana Glacier and Environs, Alaska

Abstract

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).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA206992

Entities

People

  • Melvin G. Marcus
  • William J. Reynolds

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Science
  • Digital Data
  • Geography
  • Glaciers
  • Glaciology
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • North America
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Students
  • Surface Properties
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies