Analysis and Synthesis of Glaciological Data

该奖项支持对主要来自格陵兰岛和阿拉斯加的冰川学数据的分析和解释。该项目将由三部分组成：1)冰川相分析，作为所有冰川的分类。它将侧重于雪中融水渗透和冻结对冰川热量和物质平衡的重要性，以及可以从卫星和飞机确定相边界的程度。2)综合现有关于格陵兰冰盖上积雪的知识，这些知识基于坑研究、雪和冰芯以及气象站的数据。这将说明地形对积雪分布的控制程度。3)山顶积雪坑和岩心资料分析。阿拉斯加州兰格尔，1961年至1989年间获得，以确定积雪地层与可用的气候学数据的关系。

This award supports the analysis and intepretation of glaciological data, primarily from Greenland and Alaska. The project will consist of three parts: 1) The analysis of glacier facies as a classification for all glaciers. It will focus on the importance of meltwater percolating and freezing within snow to both the heat and mass balance of glaciers and the extent to which facies boundaries can be determined from satellites and aircraft. 2) A synthesis of existing knowledge about snow accumulation on the Greenland Ice Sheet based on data from pit studies, snow and ice cores, and meteorological stations. This will demonstrate the extent of orographic control on the distribution of snow accumulation. 3) An analysis of snow pit and core data from the summit of Mt. Wrangell, Alaska, obtained between 1961 and 1989 to define the snow stratigraphy's relation to avaialable climatological data.