Site: Wapta Icefield / Peyto Glacier AB/BC

Type	Variable	Frequency	Period	Availability	Storage	Note
Meteorological	Solar radiation, air temperature/humidity, wind speed, precipitation, snow depth	1 hr	1987-2013	Local	Files	Meteorological records from main (off glacier: ablation, ELA and accumulation sites) station. Also available long-term climate datasets for Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper
		15 min, 30 min	2010-present		DataBase	Peyto Basin in WISKI.
Hydrometric	Streamflow (derived)	TBA	1966-1976 (IHD effort), 1977-1983 sporadic efforts, 2013	Local	Files	Streamflow records collected for Peyto Creek. Gauge destroyed in July 1983; streamflow measurements resumed in 2013
Hydrometric	Streamflow (derived)	TBA	TBA	Water Survey of Canada	Files	Mistaya River near the mouth North Saskatchewan River near Whirlpool Point
Eddy covariance flux data	surface energy and flux profiles			Local	Files
Remote sensing	Icefield/outlet glacier area, length, elevation, hypsometry, facies		2003-2013 1950s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2010s	Local	Files	LiDAR, Imagery (Landsat, Radarsat, ModIS), aerial photography
Glaciological	Mass balance including snow depth at points	-Measured seasonal & annual balances -Modelled long-term annual balance post LIA	1966-present	Local, NRCan	Files	East, Central and West accumulation basins + more recent observations down the Yoho Glacier
Glaciological	Accumulation rate	Annual	1966-present	Local, NRCan	Files	Flow divide and other sites along major flow lines
Glaciological	Glacier thickness	Limited	1980s 2010s	Local, NRCan	Files	Historical and contemporary ice-penetrating radar surveys
Glaciological	Ice motion	Limited	2010- present	Local, NRCan		From mass balance pole movement surveys and lidar-based feature tracking

Current status of the data and milestones

Dataset is publicly available.

Pradhananga, D., Pomeroy, J.W., Aubry-Wake, C., Munro, D.S., Shea, J., Demuth, M.N., Kirat, N.H., Menounos, B., & Mukherjee, K. (2020). Hydrometeorological, glaciological and geospatial research data from the Peyto Glacier Research Basin in the Canadian Rockies [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0259

Columbia Icefield contact:

Meteorological:

John Pomeroy, U.Sask. CfH

Hydrometric:

John Pomeroy, U.Sask. CfH

Glaciological:

Michael N. Demuth, P.Eng., P.Geo.

Research Scientist in Glaciology, Cold Regions Water Resources, Remote Sensing

NRCan/ESS Program on Climate Change Geoscience

Lead - State & Evolution of Canada's Glaciers/ECV

Canadian National Representative - World Glacier Monitoring Service

University of Saskatchewan - Centre for Hydrology

http://www.usask.ca/hydrology/people/Demuth_Mike.php

Cryosphere Geoscience Section
Geological Survey of Canada
Natural Resources Canada
601 Booth Street
3 - 386
Ottawa ON
K1A 0E8

tel: + 1 613 996 0235
facsimile / télécopieur: + 1 613 992 0190
e-mail: mike.demuth@nrcan.gc.ca