Snow variability and distribution

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1562

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Snow variability

• Parent Project:

  Alaska Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Remote sensing of snow variability on glaciers and in mountainous areas in Alaska

• Project Date(s):

  2011 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Wolken, Gabriel J.

• DGGS section:

  Geologic Hazards

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  Gabriel J. Wolken, Katreen M. Wikstrom Jones

• Active Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Community Snow Observations (CSO) - (2017)
  • • Southeast avalanche hazard mapping - (2021)
  • • Municipality of Anchorage avalanche hazard assessment - (2023)

Publications

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RDF 2025-20

Wikstrom Jones, Katreen, and Wolken, G.J., 2025, Lidar-derived elevation data for South Fork Eagle River valley, southcentral Alaska, collected August 17, 2024: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2025-20, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31705

RDF 2025-19

Wikstrom Jones, Katreen, and Wolken, G.J., 2025, Lidar-derived surface elevation data for Glen Alps, southcentral Alaska, collected August 17, 2024: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2025-19, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31704

RDF 2024-7

Zechmann, J.M., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2024, Lidar-derived elevation data for Portage, southcentral Alaska, collected October 15, 2020: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-7, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31160

RDF 2024-13

Zechmann, J.M., Daanen, R.P., Salisbury, J.B., and Wolken, G.J., 2024, Lidar-derived snow surface elevation data for Deadhorse, northern Alaska, collected May 10, 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-13, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31259

RDF 2024-15

Zechmann, J.M., Daanen, R.P., and Salisbury, J.B., 2024, Lidar-derived elevation data for Deadhorse, northern Alaska, collected July 16-18, 2021: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-15, 18 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31273

RDF 2024-16

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2024, Lidar-derived elevation data for Thane Road, southeast Alaska, collected September 6, 2019: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-16, 7 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31278

RDF 2024-5

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2024, Lidar-derived elevation data for Penguin Ridge, southcentral Alaska, collected September 22, 2021: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-5, 11 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31158

RDF 2021-10

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2022, Lidar-derived elevation data for Eaglecrest ski area, Southeast Alaska, collected September 6, 2019: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-10, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30729

RDF 2021-11

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2022, Lidar-derived elevation data for Speel Arm, Southeast Alaska, collected September 7, 2019: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-11, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30730

RDF 2021-12

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2022, Lidar-derived elevation data for Mount Juneau, Southeast Alaska, collected September 6, 2019: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-12, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30731

RDF 2020-16

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Wolken, G.J., Daanen, R.P., and Herbst, A.M., 2021, Lidar-derived elevation data for Turnagain Pass, southcentral Alaska, September 2, 2018: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2020-16, 7 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30567

RDF 2020-7

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Wolken, G.J., Daanen, R.P., and Herbst, A.M., 2020, Lidar-derived elevation data for Kensington Mine, Southeast Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2020-7, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30470

Annual Reports

AR 2014-C

DGGS Staff, 2015, Engineering Geology FY15 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014-C, p. 52-67. https://doi.org/10.14509/29182