Sentences with phrase «mean snowpack»

Local climate in the North Cascades influences mean snowpack depth and ablation rate, but does not cause significantly different responses to annual climate conditions within specific elevation bands.

The melt rate until mean snowpack disappearance on July 1 is 4.4 cm / day (1.6 inches per day)(Figure 1 and 2).

Not exact matches

Long daylight hours and a generally more stable snowpack means it's the...

Northwest: Relying on hydropower to provide 60 percent of its electricity generation means the Northwest is particularly susceptible to shifting rain, snowpack and runoff patterns.

The mean last date of snowpack at the site is June 5.

The simulations underestimate the observed snowpack trends in the Columbia River basin, which has the highest mean elevation.

Snowpack is melting earlier as winter and spring temperatures rise, and in most states an increasing percentage of winter precipitation is falling as rain, meaning there is often less snowpack to begSnowpack is melting earlier as winter and spring temperatures rise, and in most states an increasing percentage of winter precipitation is falling as rain, meaning there is often less snowpack to begsnowpack to begin with.

The reason for the change is warmer snowpack winter temperatures, +4 oC above the long term mean at the Juneau Airport seven miles from the glacier at sea level in 1997 and 1998.

That means the mountain snowpack that California has relied upon historically to survive its hot summers may no longer be sufficient.

This means that a clean snowpack (one with no impurities) that has melted at the surface can have a lower broadband albedo than a cold snowpack with impurities, despite the fact that the clean snowpack might still appear brighter to our eyes.