Field Report: July 24, 2019 July 24, 2019 We completed our post-drainage site visit on 24 July, roughly one week after completion of the lake drainage.
Field Report: July 8, 2019 July 8, 2019 The lake started overtopping the dam on Sunday 7 July in the morning and reached its maximum level shortly thereafter.
Field Report: July 5, 2019 July 5, 2019 The water in Suicide Basin has gone up by 8.25 m over the last week.
Field Report: June 28, 2019 June 28, 2019 The water in Suicide Basin has gone up by 7 m (~1 m per day) since our last site visit on 21 June.
Field Report: June 21, 2019 June 21, 2019 The water in Suicide Basin has gone up by 14 m (~1 m per day) since our last site visit on 7 June.
Field Report: June 7, 2019 June 7, 2019 We drilled in a new melt wire at the basin entrance, deployed the drone, surveyed the lowest point in the dam, and deployed additional air temperature sensors higher up in the basin.
Field Report: June 3, 2019 June 3, 2019 Using the drone-based elevations models from last year, we derived an approximate vertical scale for the rock face on the north side of the basin.
Field Report: May 16, 2019 May 16, 2019 We installed the non-telemetered water level gauges, webcam, temperature and precipitation gauges, and the on-ice GPS.
Field Report: July 27, 2018 July 27, 2018 We were up in the basin on Monday and Tuesday to survey points, fly the drone and recover some of our instruments.
Field Report: July 17, 2018 July 18, 2018 The water flow over the dam diminished during that time while the water level in the lake started dropping noticeably.