Fassnacht, S. R., authorCherry, M. L., authorVenable, N. B. H., authorCopernicus, publisher2015-09-302015-09-302015Fassnacht, S. R., M. L. Cherry, and N. B. H. Venable, Snow and Albedo Climate Change Impacts Across the United States Northern Great Plains, The Cryosphere Discussion Paper 9 (2015): 3331-3349. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tcd-9-3331-2015http://hdl.handle.net/10217/167457In areas with a seasonal snowpack, a warmer climate would cause less snowfall, a shallower snowpack and a change in the timing of snowmelt. Trends in temperature, precipitation (total and as snow), days with precipitation and snow, and winter albedo were investigated over the 60 year period from 1951 to 2010 for 20 meteorological stations across the Northern Great Plains. This is an area where snow accumulation is shallow but persistent for most of the winter (November through March). The most consistent trends were minimum temperature and days with precipitation, which both increased at a majority of the stations. The modeled winter albedo decreased at more stations than where it increased. There were substantial spatial variability in the climate trends. For most variables, the period of record used influenced the magnitude and sign of the significant trends.born digitalarticlesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.temperature changesclimatesnowfallsnowpacksnow water equivalentprecipitationTextThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tcd-9-3331-2015