Mass balance, meteorological, and runoff measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, 1992 balance year
Open-File Report
93-640
By: R. M. Krimmel
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Abstract
Values of winter snow accumulation and summer snow, firn, and ice ablation were measured at South Cascade Glacier, WA, to determine the winter and net balance for the 1992 balance year. The 1992 winter balance, averaged over the glacier, was 1.91 m, and the net balance was -2.01 m. This extremely negative balance continued a trend of negative balance years beginning in 1977. Air temperature (at 1,615 m and 1,867 m), barometric pressure, precipitation, and runoff from this glacier basin and an adjacent non-glacierized basin were also continuously measured. This report makes all these data, in tabular, graphical, and machine-readable forms, available to users.
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Krimmel, R.M., 1993, Mass balance, meteorological, and runoff measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, 1992 balance year: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-640, vi, 38 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr93640.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Mass balance, meteorological, and runoff measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, 1992 balance year |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 93-640 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr93640 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; U.S.G.S. Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Description | vi, 38 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |