Columbia Glacier stake location, mass balance, glacier surface altitude, and ice radar data, 1978 measurement year
Open-File Report
79-1168
By: L.R. Mayo, D.C. Trabant, Rod March, and Wilfried Haeberli
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Abstract
A 1 year data-collection program on Columbia Glacier, Alaska has produced a data set consisting of near-surface ice kinematics, mass balance, and altitude change at 57 points and 34 ice radar soundings. These data presented in two tables, are part of the basic data required for glacier dynamic analysis, computer models, and predictions of the number and size of icebergs which Columbia Glacier will calve into shipping lanes of eastern Prince William Sound. A metric, sea-level coordinate system was developed for use in surveying throughout the basin. Its use is explained and monument coordinates listed. A series of seven integrated programs for calculators were used in both the field and office to reduce the surveying data. These programs are thoroughly documented and explained in the report. (Kosco-USGS)
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Mayo, L., Trabant, D., March, R., Haeberli, W., 1979, Columbia Glacier stake location, mass balance, glacier surface altitude, and ice radar data, 1978 measurement year: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1168, iii, 79 p. :ill., map ;27 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr791168.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Columbia Glacier stake location, mass balance, glacier surface altitude, and ice radar data, 1978 measurement year |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 79-1168 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr791168 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | iii, 79 p. :ill., map ;27 cm. |