Twentieth century thinning Of Mendenhall Glacier Alaska, and its relationship to climate, lake calving, and glacier run-off
Roman Motyka, Shad O'Neel, Cathy Connor, Keith Echelmeyer 2002 Global and Planetary Change vol 35, pp 93-112
This paper discusses the recent thinning of the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska, one of only three glaciers that have long-term mass balance records. It examines the relationship between warming trends in the region and glacial recession, as well as the impact of glacial melting on the regional watershed. The study offers data that students can use to measure glacier recession rates, and to distinguish between ice loss from calving versus recession from other causes. This study can also be coupled with downloadable spatial data sets available from ww.uas.alaska.edu/spatialdata and used with ARCGIS software.
