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G 424/524 GIS for the
Natural Sciences
D.
Percy
e-mail: percyd@pdx.edu
Winter Term 2008
Project: Receding Glaciers
Brief description: PSU has been funded to map the change
in areal extent of glaciers in the Western US over the last century. Of
particular interest is the effect on stream runoff during the drier end-of
summer months (August/September). Are glaciers a "buffer" to
the hydrologic regime?
Combine stream
gage data from the USGS with several nearly complete temporal databases
of glacier change in Oregon and Washington to produce graphs and models
of the relationships. Combine with raster
elevation data to calculate percentage of watershed that is ice covered.
Look at Climate Data for
the same time period
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