Sentences with phrase «maximum snowpack»
Winter balance of Easton Glacier measured in the spring near the time of maximum snowpack, April 1 snowpack swe from the five Snotel sites, and with maximum snowpack swe from Schrieber's Meadow 1000 m below the glacier ELA.
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The Sierra Nevada normally hits maximum snowpack for the year in early April, but by April 1, alpine meadows usually buried in 5 feet of snow were bare.
Not exact matches
The maximum Shriebers Meadow snowpack is a good predictor of winter balance for Easton Glacier.
This paper examines whether maximum winter season snowpack, and snowpack and glacier ablation, can be determined for secondary locations from standard locations once baseline data exists for the secondary sites.
The snowpack maximum for most of the SNOTEL sites is reached near April 1 (Pelto, 1993; Mote, 2004).