Metadata for Susitna River Ice Processes Access Database
This database is a collection of historic observations and data from river ice studies completed on the Susitna River in the 1980s. This database is designed to allow the user to lookup a specific river mile (RM) and find relevant observations and/or data collected during the 1980’s studies. All information was collected and referenced from nine documents. The RM is based on the historic river mile (HRM) documented in the 1980’s studies and all observations and data was linked to a specific RM for this database. The historic observations include locations of ice jams, ice dams, ice bridges, flooding, and other freeze-up and break-up observations. The historic data collected include locations of cross-section studies, ice thickness, stream gage locations, and other freeze-up and break-up data.

Metadata for Susitna River Ice Processes Excel Spreadsheet 
This database is a collection of 2011-2012 meteorological data gathered from multiple Internet sites and multiple agencies. Ultimately, this data will be used in the development of a model to predict river ice formation and breakup. The data collected included daily meteorological data from the National Weather Service (NWS) station in Talkeetna, Alaska from Jan – 12 May 2012, the calculated freezing degree days in Talkeetna based on the collected data from the NWS station from 01 Oct 2011 – 31 Mar 2012, the extrapolated freezing degree days in Talkeetna based on a graph published by the NWS from 01 Oct 2011 – 31 Mar 2012, the daily water temperature at four stream gages from 26 Mar 2012 – 15 May 2012, the snow depth at the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) SNOTEL site at Susitna Valley High School from 01 Oct 2011 – 15 May 2012, snow data from 30 snow courses within the Susitna River watershed as reported by the NRCS from 01 Jan 2012 – 31 May 2012, published NWS observer notes from Sunshine, Gold Creek, Talkeetna, and Chulitna, and daily mean river stage and daily mean flow were compiled from NWS postings for three stream gages.