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Wolverine Glacier Annual Mass Balance

By Ecosystems Land Change Science Program
Blue and red bar chart of glacier mass balance over time.
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Wolverine Glacier glacier-wide annual mass balance (m w.e.; left axis), with positive years shown in blue and negative years in red. Blackline shows cumulative mass balance (m w.e.; right axis).

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Map produced by Chris McNeil (USGS)

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