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Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources



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SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies

Paru le : 2015-11-02



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This book presents the impact of climate change on Mount Baker glaciers, USA, and the rivers surrounding them. Glaciers are natural reservoirs that yield their resource primarily on warm dry summer days when other sources are at their lowest yield. This natural tempering of drought conditions will be reduced as they retreat.
Mount Baker, a volcano in the Cascades of Washington, is currently host to 12 principal glaciers with an area of 36.8 km2. The glaciers yield 125 million cubic meters of water each summer that is a resource for salmon, irrigation and hydropower to the Nooksack River and Baker River watersheds. Recent rapid retreat of all 22 glaciers is altering the runoff from the glaciers, impacting both the discharge and temperature of the Nooksack and Baker River. Over the last 30 years we have spent 270 nights camped on the mountain conducting 10,500 observations of snow depth and melt rate on Mount Baker. This data combined with observations of terminus change, area changeand glacier runoff over the same 30 years allow an unusually comprehensive story to be told of the effects of climate change to Mount Baker Glaciers and the rivers that drain them.
Pages
107 pages
Collection
SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
Parution
2015-11-02
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783319226040
EAN PDF
9783319226057
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1
Nombre pages imprimables
10
Taille du fichier
9513 Ko
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52,74 €
EAN EPUB
9783319226057
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
10
Taille du fichier
8212 Ko
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Prix
52,74 €

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