Glacier surveys in Alberta - 1977 / I.A. Reid and J.O.G. Charbonneau.: En36-508/65E-PDF
"Glaciers act as natural regulators, storing water in winter and releasing it in summer. To gain some understanding of this phenomenon and the contribution which glaciers make to streamflow, the predecessors of the Water Survey of Canada began glacier surveys in 1945. The earlier surveys offered some clue to the role of the glacier, but the data collected were not sufficient to provide the overall picture. Following adoption of photogrammetric survey techniques, however, the glacier surveys have evolved to the extent that it is now feasible to produce a series of maps from which the linear, areal, directional and volumetric changes can be determined. The surveys have revealed that the glaciers, in general, are becoming smaller in size; hence the regulating effect on streamflow is diminishing"--Abstract, page v.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada. Inland Waters Directorate. Canada. Water Resources Branch. |
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| Title | Glacier surveys in Alberta - 1977 / I.A. Reid and J.O.G. Charbonneau. |
| Series title | Report series ; no. 65 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (page 17). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, Canada : Inland Waters Directorate, Water Resources Branch, 1979. ©1979 |
| Author / Contributor | Reid, I. A., author. Charbonneau, J. O. G., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (v, 17 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : maps, graphs, photographs. |
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| Subject terms | Glaciers Surveying Measurement |
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