Characterizing the extreme 2015 snowpack deficit in the Sierra Nevada (USA) and the implications for drought recovery

Characterizing the extreme 2015 snowpack deficit in the Sierra Nevada (USA) and the implications for drought recovery

Abstract Analysis of the Sierra Nevada (USA) snowpack using a new spatially distributed snow reanalysis data set, in combination with longer term in situ data, indicates that water year 2015 was a truly extreme (dry) year. The range‐wide peak snow volume was characterized by a return period of over...

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Main Authors: Steven A. Margulis, Gonzalo Cortés, Manuela Girotto, Laurie S. Huning, Dongyue Li, Michael Durand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-06-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
snowpack
drought
water supply
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068520
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