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99 -- GLACIER MONITORING PROTOCOL DOCUMENT DUE 042796 POC Contact Point, Phil Brease, (907)683-2294, Contracting Officer, Paula Nicklie, (907)683-9505 A glacier monitoring protocol document is needed for the Long Term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) program in Denali National Park and Preserve. The expected document should be a text that includes photos, diagrams, maps, graphs, examples, and other supporting information that specifies how to carry out the specific program of glacier research which has been underway in Denali since 1992. The document should detail four major topics which are: 1) Monitoring design and current program status, providing background informaiton on the purpose and need for the glacier monitoring program and a general description of the ''single index stake'' mass balance measuring method as it is employed in Denali; 2) Field site and data collection procedures, providing details on index site selection, installation, and survey procedures; 3) Data reduction and management protocols, including equations and calculation routines for mass balance, flow, surface elevation changes, and other glacier data collections, as well as calibration and correction routines; 4) Data storage, comparative evaluations and reporting requirements, including descriptions of the appropriate methods for producing data sets which are useful for comparison with data from other glacier monitoring efforts in Alaska, the United States and the world. Interested parties should have first hand experience in all the activities and procedures mentioned above and should be familiar with the current glacier monitoring program in Denali National Park and Preserve (0106)

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