Snow sublimation and seasonal snowpack variability
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Abstract
In the western United States, seasonal melt from snow in mountainous regions serves as an essential water resource for ecological and anthropological needs, and improving our abilities to quantify the amount of water stored in the seasonal snowpack and provide short-term forecasts of snowmelt inputs into river systems is a critical science endeavor. Two important uncertainties in characterizing the seasonal evolution of snow in mountainous environments are related to the inherent spatial variability of snow in complex terrain and the magnitude and variability of snow sublimation fluxes between ...
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