U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
20200311
USGS Benchmark Glacier Project Comprehensive Data Collection
website
Anchorage, Alaska
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
suggested citation: U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark Glacier Program, 2020, USGS benchmark glacier project comprehensive data collection: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AGXQSR
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AGXQSR
U.S. Geological Survey
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USGS Glacier Program Glaciers and Climate Project
website
Online
U.S. Geological Survey
This is a link to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) glacier research project website. Users will find a description of glacier-related research and links to associated data products.
https://www2.usgs.gov/landresources/lcs/glacierstudies/
Mountain glaciers are closely coupled to climate processes, ecosystems, and regional water resources. To enhance physical understanding of these connections, the USGS maintains a collection of glacier mass balance and climate data across the western United States and Alaska. In some cases, records of glacier mass balance extend back to the mid-1940s. These data have been incorporated from various sources, primarily original USGS studies, but also including work from the University of Alaska, and the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP). The core of this collection is composed of mass balance data from the USGS Benchmark Glaciers. These five glaciers are Lemon Creek Glacier, AK (1953 -Present), South Cascade Glacier, WA (1958 - Present), Gulkana and Wolverine glaciers, AK (1966 - Present), and Sperry Glacier, MT (2005 - Present). Datasets from each benchmark glacier are composed of, at a minimum, point mass balances, glacier hypsometry, daily temperature and precipitation, geodetic mass balances, and glacier-wide mass balances. Data from other glaciers within this collection may be less complete, continuous, or representative as data from the benchmark glaciers. In these cases, we urge users to carefully inspect the associated metadata of each specific data release for further details.
To compile a directory of glacier project data and to make all glacier-related data collected by the USGS publicly available.
2020
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:ASC258
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
boundaries
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
elevation
environment
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geophysics
Glaciology
NASA Earth Science Thesaurus
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Glaciers
Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
USGS CSA Biocomplexity Thesaurus
Glaciology
Geomorphology
Geology
Remote Sensing
USGS Thesaurus
glaciology
glaciation
snow and ice cover
precipitation (atmospheric)
field inventory and monitoring
USGS Geographic Names Information System
Wolverine Glacier
Gulkana Glacier
Sperry Glacier
South Cascade Glacier
Lemon Creek Glacier
Juneau Icefield
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It is requested that the USGS be cited for any subsequent publications referenced to this dataset.
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
mailing and physical
4210 University Drive
Anchorage
Alaska
99508
(907)786-7000
ascweb@usgs.gov
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
mailing and physical
4210 University Dr.
Anchorage
AK
99508
USA
907-786-7000
ascweb@usgs.gov
Authoritative source for access to these data.
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
website
The collection webpage provides an index to the data in the collection.
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AGXQSR
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20201125
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
mailing and physical
4210 University Drive
Anchorage
AK
99508
USA
907-786-7000
ascweb@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998