| Abstract: | The 1993 measured winter snow, maximum winter snow, net, and annual balances in the Gulkana Glacier basin were evaluated on the basis of meteorological, hydrological, and glaciological data measured in the basin and are reported herein. Averaged over the glacier, the measured winter snow balance was 0.81 meter on March 31, 1993, 1.2 standard deviations below the long-term average; the maximum winter snow balance, 0.84 meter, was reached on May 10, 1993 and remained until May 11, 1993; the net balance (from August 18, 1992 to September 8, 1993) was 1.80 meters, the most negative balance year on record at 2.8 standard deviations below the long-term average. The annual balance (October 1, 1992 to September 30, 1993) was 1.64 meters. Ice-surface motion and altitude changes measured at three index sites document seasonal ice speed and glacier thickness changes. Annual stream runoff was 1.996 meters averaged over the basin, 0.2 standard deviations above the long-term average. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 28560 |
| Citation Author: | March, Rod; Trabant, Dennis |
| Citation Contributing Office: | |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | - |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | |
| Citation Issue: | |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 30 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
Branch of Information Services [distributor], |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 96-4299 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Mass balance, meteorological, ice motion, surface altitude, and runoff data at Gulkana Glacier, Alaska, 1993 balance year; 1997; WRI; 96-4299; March, Rod; Trabant, Dennis |
| Citation Start Page: | |
| Citation Volume: | |
| Citation Year: | 1997 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Mass balance, meteorological, ice motion, surface altitude, and runoff data at Gulkana Glacier, Alaska, 1993 balance year; 1997; WRI; 96-4299; March, Rod; Trabant, Dennis |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1996/4299/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1996/4299/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Nov 1997 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
Branch of Information Services [distributor], |
