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Filtering by: Creator Kennard, Paul Academic Affiliation Geosciences Subject Climate changes -- Environmental aspects -- Cascade Range

A method for remotely monitoring glaciers with regional application to the Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Medley, Brooke

Abstract:

An integrative method for monitoring glacier geometry change and mass balance is presented and applied to the Pacific Northwest, USA. Acting as a baseline for interpretation of future changes in glacier size and shape, we first derive a new inventory of regional glacier cover using remotely sensed data. To investigate...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

lahars washed down the slopes as the glaciers were obliterated. Driedger and Kennard (1986) estimate