Introduction to Mount Baker and the Nooksack River Watershed
- Title
- Introduction to Mount Baker and the Nooksack River Watershed
- SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
- Description
- Section in Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources about the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork Nooksack River, and glacier runoff and retreat on Mount Baker.
- Creator
- Mauri Pelto
- Subject
- Bull Trout
- Glacier Mass Balance
- North Fork
- Pacific Decadal Oscillation
- Snow Water Equivalent
- Abstract
- The headwaters of the North Fork and Middle Fork Nooksack River are the glaciers of Mount Baker, the South Fork Nooksack River lacks glacier cover. The glaciers are a critical source of runoff for the North Fork contributing 30–40 % of the total runoff during late summer. In the last 30 years glacier retreat and climate change is altering the timing and magnitude of glacier runoff. For 31 years the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project has been examining glaciers at the headwaters of this system.
- Is Part Of
- Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources
- State of the Salish Sea
- Publisher
- Mount Baker, Nooksack River Watershed
- Springer International Publishing
- Date
- 2015
- pages
- 1–12
- Language
- en
- isbn
- 978-3-319-22604-0
- Item sets
- Salish Resources
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