Since the late 1950s, the USGS has maintained a long-term glacier mass-balance program at three North American glaciers. Measurements began on South Cascade Glacier, WA in 1958, expanding to Gulkana and Wolverine glaciers, AK in 1966, and later Sperry Glacier, MT in 2005. Additional measurements have been made on Lemon Creek Glacier, AK to compliment data collected by the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP; Pelto et al., 2013). Direct field measurements of point glaciological data are combined with weather and geodetic data to estimate the seasonal and annual mass balance at each glacier in both a conventional and reference surface format (Cogley and others, 2011). The analysis framework (O'Neel, 2019, in prep; prior to v 3.0 van Beusekom and others, 2010) is identical at each glacier to enable cross-comparison between output time series. Vocabulary used follows Cogley and others (2011) Glossary of Glacier Mass Balance.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Title | USGS Benchmark Glacier Mass Balance and Project Data |
| DOI | 10.5066/F7BG2N8R |
| Authors | Emily H Baker, Christopher J Mcneil, Louis Sass, Erich H Peitzsch, Erin N Whorton, Caitlyn E Florentine, Adam M Clark, Zachary S Miller, Daniel B Fagre, Shad R O'Neel |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Alaska Science Center |
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