Long Term Monitoring of Small Glaciers at North Cascades National Park : A Prototype Park Model for the North Coast and Cascades Network
Riedel JL, Burrows RA, Wenger JM. 2008. Long Term Monitoring of Small Glaciers at North Cascades National Park : A Prototype Park Model for the North Coast and Cascades Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NCCN/NRR—2008/066. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The purpose of this document is to explain the background, monitoring need, and protocols for glacier monitoring in North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA). Four sampling protocols are outlined in this report: annual mass balance, annual summer glacier meltwater discharge, decadal index glacier re-mapping, and standards for park-wide glacier inventories at 20 year intervals. Standardized instructions for field access, data handling, reporting, and data storage is presented as well as field form and reporting document examples.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Riedel, Jon; Burrows, Robert; Wenger, Jeanna
- Date of Issue
- 2008-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- IMDP , NOCA , NRSS
- Keywords
- Aerial Surveys, Climate, glacial runoff, Glacier, glacier monitoring, hydrologic monitoring, Mass Balance, NCCN Monitoring Protocol, North Cascades National Park Service Complex, North Coast and Cascades Network, Snow/Ice Cover
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics