Climatological Notes from Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T., Canada

Authors

  • James M. Havens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3509

Keywords:

Composition, Loess, Minerals, Pyroclastics, Radiocarbon dating, Recent epoch, Kluane Lake region, Yukon, White River region, Alaska/Yukon, Tepee Lake region

Abstract

Describes the meteorological program of the Jacobsen- McGill expedition, summers 1960-1962, the purpose being to evaluate heat-energy balances at snow and ice surfaces. Measurements of the cooling effect of a glacier terminus on the lower atmosphere are discussed (graph).

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Published

1964-01-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 4 (1964): December: 217–296

Section

Notes