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AN: C11B-0812    [PDF]
TI: Variability in Synoptic Circulation and Accumulation and Ablation Events in the Canadian Rockies, 1953-2003
AU: * Shea, J M
EM: jmshea@ucalgary.ca
AF: Department of Geography University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
AU: Anslow, F S
EM: fsanslow@ucalgary.ca
AF: Department of Geography University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
AU: Marshall, S J
EM: shawn.marshall@ucalgary.ca
AF: Department of Geography University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
AB: Through an automated synoptic classification system, the authors investigate the trends and variability of significant accumulation and ablation events in the Canadian Rockies. Using a statistical analogue approach validated from field data collected for the past 3 mass balance seasons at the Haig Glacier, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, frequency of occurrence is examined for synoptic types which dominate the accumulation and melt regimes of a continental glacier. Annual and decadal variability in accumulation and ablation events are described and future applications are outlined.
DE: 1827 Glaciology (1863)
DE: 3364 Synoptic-scale meteorology
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting