Monitoring glaciers in the Central Alaska Network

National Park Service. 2013. Monitoring glaciers in the Central Alaska Network

An inventory of the status and trends of glaciers in all Alaska national park units was recently completed in an NPS-sponsored partnership with glaciologists at the UAF Geophysical Institute and Alaska Pacific University (2013). This study marks the first comprehensive status and trends inventory of glaciers in Alaska’s national parks and provides detailed information on the current conditions of and recent changes to the glaciers in the Central Alaska Network.

Type
Resource Brief
Authors
National Park Service
Date of Issue
2013-07
Units
CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
Keywords
Alaska, Cover, Denali, Glacier, Ice, Inventory, Mass Balance, Monitoring, National Park, St. Elias, Wrangell
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes

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