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USGS Benchmark Glacier Mass Balance and Project Data

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 and others, 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; 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.

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Author(s) Emily H Baker orcid, Christopher J. Mcneil orcid, Louis Sass orcid, Erich H Peitzsch orcid, Erin N Whorton orcid, Caitlyn E Florentine orcid, Adam M Clark, Zachary S Miller orcid, Daniel B Fagre orcid, Shad R O'Neel orcid
Publication Date 2019-11-22
Beginning Date of Data 1966
Ending Date of Data 2021
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7BG2N8R
Citation Baker, E.H., Mcneil, C.J., Sass, L., Peitzsch, E.H., Whorton, E.N., Florentine, C.E., Clark, A.M., Miller, Z.S., Fagre, D.B., and O'Neel, S.R., 2019, USGS Benchmark Glacier Mass Balance and Project Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7BG2N8R.
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Metadata Date 2022-01-19
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