Effect of glacier ablation on the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Long Lake and Crater Lake Basins, Alaska

Sloan, C. E.; Emery, P. A.; Fair, Diana

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Long Lake Basin in the Snettisham Project Area southeast of Juneau, Alaska, yields water used for the production of hydroelectric power. Development of adjacent Crater Lake is planned to increase the Project ‘s generating capacity. Estimates of the hydroelectric potential of the lakes are based on streamflow records which are influenced by glaciers that cover 25% of the combined basins. Analysis of streamflow records shows that the quality and extent of records in the area are sufficient to predict flow from the Crater Creek basin with a fairly high degree of confidence. Comparison of aerial photographs indicates that glacier ablation and recession have been continuous since at least 1929. Estimates of ice-volume change from photogrammetric measurements indicate that less than 2.5% of the average runoff from the basins of Long and Crater Lakes has been from reduction in glacier-ice storage. (Author ‘s abstract)

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Sloan, C. E.; Emery, P. A.; Fair, Diana

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iv, 22 p. :ill., maps (one col.) ;28 cm.

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U.S. Geological Survey,

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Water-Resources Investigations Report

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WRI

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85-4315

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Effect of glacier ablation on the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Long Lake and Crater Lake Basins, Alaska; 1986; WRI; 85-4315; Sloan, C. E.; Emery, P. A.; Fair, Diana

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1986

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Effect of glacier ablation on the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Long Lake and Crater Lake Basins, Alaska; 1986; WRI; 85-4315; Sloan, C. E.; Emery, P. A.; Fair, Diana