The Climate of the McCall Glacier, Brooks Range, Alaska, in Relation to its Geographical Setting

Abstract

Four years of data from an automatic weather station at an altitude of 2,275 m in the Brooks Range, Alaska, are compared with simultaneous and long-term observations at the nearer permanent meteorological stations. This high level location is found to vary greatly in temperature and wind regime from both the interior valleys and the arctic coast. In particular, the estimated annual precipitation of approximately 500 mm is much higher than that at any other station in the region and considerably higher than other estimates for the higher part of the Brooks Range.