NORTH CASCADE GLACIER CLIMATE PROJECT
 


Mauri S. Pelto, Director  Founded 1983
Nichols College, Dudley, MA    Peltoms@nichols.edu
Mass Balance

Mass balance Data

Ice Worms
Google earth Distribution map file. 
Ice Worm Charts		 Snowpack

Snowpack charts

 Terminus Behavior
Google Earth Tour of Monitored Glaciers
Terminus Data Set		 Glacier Runoff

Glacier runoff  charts

 Updated 11/6/08

Glacier disequilibrium-which will survive?

Columbia Glacier 25 years of observations

Lyman Glacier disappearing

Introduction to North Cascade Glaciers

Northwest Mountaineering J. Article  

Global glacier retreat

Death of a Glacier (Whitechuck Glacier)

Terminus Behavior of Juneau Icefield Glaciers

Global Warming Impacts 

Glacier Peak Survey

Terminus Response time

NCGCP Publications last 8 years downloadable

Deming Glacier-Bellingham Water Supply

Baker Lake Glacier Runoff  

Mountain Goats

NORTH CASCADE GLACIER TERMINUS BEHAVIOR:  Paired images 35 glaciers 

Glacier changes through time:

Climate Change North Cascades

Mass balance variation across the North Cascades:  

Summer Snowpack Variations -

Change in glacier thickness along longitudinal profiles, N. Cascade glaciers.

Photo Glossary of Glaciers

NW Hikers Glacier Observations:

Research Reports
2007 Field Report
Field Report 2006 		 Field Report 2001; 
Field Report 2000;
Field Season 2005 Field Report 1999;
Field Report 2004: Field Report 1998; 
Field Report 2003:  Field Report 1997;
Field Report 2002: Field Report 1995;

Cirque Moraines - Fieldwork of William A. Long  1944-1996. 
Lemon Creek-Mass balance of this Juneau Icefield Glacier.  

Taku Glacier- Mass balance of this Juneau Icefield glacier 1950-2006

Other Sites- Other Regional Sites.

Impact of Sampling Density

Accumulation variation on glaciers and alpine areas North Cascades, 

Ablation variation on glaciers and alpine areas, North Cascades   . 

Mass Balance Of Adjacent Debris

2008 Field Season
 
2008 Field Report


Lyman Glacier taken from same location in 1988 and 2008.

Loss of glacier volume since 1984, represents 20-40% of entire glacier volume.

  Glacial stream emerging from glacier depths
Assistants 1983-2006: Cliff Hedlund, John Brownlee, Gregg Maddrey, Cliff Mitchell, Joe Drumheller, Richard Campbell, Monica Gowan, David Knoll, Mike Carver, Ann Fitzgerald, Jill Turner, Bill Prater, Scott Townsend, Dan Kaplinski, Don Sayegh, Doxey Kemp, Greg Langkamp, Seth Lemke, Kate Johnson, Kalman Barcsay, Zolt Barcsay, Joel Harper, Lee Scheper, Jarle Seche Jensen, John Maggiore, Mike Hylland, William Long, Bruce Williamson, Paula Hartzell, Ben Barrett, Ed Blanchard, Joe Wood, Richard Taylor, Tim Bartholomaus, Tom Hammond, Will Wright, Ben Pelto, Erik Budsberg, Quin Ourada, Maria Coryell Martin, Brad Markle, Chris Lyles


Variations in glacier ice coloration due to changes in grain size and air bubble size. The bluer ice has larger crystals.

 

Glacier mass balance is assessed in crevasses such as this on Easton Glacier.  Note the horizontal horizon marking the 2007 summer surface with 3 .2 m of 2008 winter snowpack on top.


Lyman Glacier, the devegetated area in front of the glacier has all been lost since 1890.