Volume Changes of McCall Glacier, Alaska, in Response to Climatic Warming in the Arctic

该奖项是美国北极系统科学计划的一部分。 全球变革方案。 它将进行为期三年的研究， 阿拉斯加北方麦考尔冰川对气候变化的响应 北极的变化。 该研究将评估 气候对北极水文循环的反应， 冰川剖面的航空测量和 过去40年来发生的冰川体积变化 年 这项研究的结果将允许评估 冰川几何形状、物质平衡和 年不同地点录得的气候参数 阿拉斯加北方。 对附近另外两个地区的体积变化估计 冰川将被用来确定麦考尔 冰川是整个阿拉斯加北极的代表。

This award is part of the Arctic System Science Program, a U.S. Global Change Program. It will undertake a three year study of the response of the McCall Glacier in northern Alaska to climatic change in the Arctic. The study will evaluate the effects of climatic response on the arctic hydrological cycle through airborne measurements of glacial profiles and evaluation of glacial volume changes which have occurred over the past 40 years. The results of this study will allow evaluation of the relationships between glacier geometry, mass balance and climatological parameters measured at different locations in northern Alaska. Volume change estimates on two other nearby glaciers will be used to determine the degree to which McCall Glacier is representative of arctic Alaska as a whole.