Estimating South Cascade Glacier (Washington, U.S.A.) mass balance from a distant radiosonde and comparison with Blue Glacier / L.A. Rasmussen, H. Conway.

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245 10 ‡aEstimating South Cascade Glacier (Washington, U.S.A.) mass balance from a distant radiosonde and comparison with Blue Glacier /‡cL.A. Rasmussen, H. Conway.
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500 ## ‡aJournal of Glaciology. Vol. 47(159) :579-588 (2001).
520 3# ‡aDescribes use of model to estimate winter balance of South Cascade Glacier, Washington. Uses twice-daily radiosonde measurements of wind, humidity and temperature from standard upper-air levels 275 km west of the glacier. Assumes snowfall at glacier proportional to moisture flux at radiosonde station at 850 mbar level in a critical direction to be determined. Assumes glacier-radiosonde temperature difference constant over elevation range of glacier and uses inferred glacier temperature to determine phase of precipitation. Regresses observed total winter balances for years 1959-98 against estimated snow flux for a range of glacier elevations and critical directions. Snow flux estimated for 1650 m, just above the glacier terminus, provides best fit. Investigates relation between vertical profiles of snow flux and observed winter balance and correlations between net, winter and summer balances. Examines trends in mass balance and local climate, identifying an almost step warming and drying in 1976-77. Compares mass-balance histories of South Cascade Glacier and Blue Glacier and their responses to 1976-77 change. Concludes both are well out of equilibrium with current climate. Notes model could easily be used to predict mass balance responses to future climate scenarios from circulation models.
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650 07 ‡a551.324.22 -- Glaciers: Blue Glacier.‡2udc
650 07 ‡a551.324.22 -- Glaciers: South Cascade Glacier.‡2udc
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