Quantifying the effects of vegetation structure on snow accumulation and ablation in mixed‐conifer forests

PD Broxton, AA Harpold, JA Biederman… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Snowmelt from forested, mountainous environments in the western United States is a critical
regional water resource for streamflow and ecological productivity. These landscapes are …

Ecohydrological controls on snowmelt partitioning in mixed‐conifer sub‐alpine forests

NP Molotch, PD Brooks, SP Burns… - … , Land and Water …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We used co‐located observations of snow depth, soil temperature, and moisture and energy
fluxes to monitor variability in snowmelt infiltration and vegetation water use at mixed‐conifer …

Snow disappearance timing is dominated by forest effects on snow accumulation in warm winter climates of the Pacific Northwest, United States

SE Dickerson‐Lange, RF Gersonde… - Hydrological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Forests modify snow processes and affect snow water storage as well as snow
disappearance timing. However, forest influences on snow accumulation and ablation vary …

Forest impacts on snow accumulation and ablation across an elevation gradient in a temperate montane environment

TR Roth, AW Nolin - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
Forest cover modifies snow accumulation and ablation rates via canopy interception and
changes in sub-canopy energy balance processes. However, the ways in which snowpacks …

Ranking forest effects on snow storage: A decision tool for forest management

SE Dickerson‐Lange, JA Vano… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forests modify snow accumulation and ablation rates as well as overall snow storage
amounts and durations, with multiple processes acting simultaneously and often in different …

Geochemical evolution of the C ritical Z one across variable time scales informs concentration‐discharge relationships: J emez R iver B asin C ritical Z one O …

JC McIntosh, C Schaumberg, J Perdrial… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the influence of water, carbon, and energy fluxes on solute
production and transport through the Jemez Critical Zone (CZ) and impacts on C‐Q …

Very high‐resolution digital elevation models: are multi‐scale derived variables ecologically relevant?

K Leempoel, C Parisod, C Geiser… - Methods in Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Digital elevation models (DEM s) are often used in landscape ecology to retrieve elevation
or first derivative terrain attributes such as slope or aspect in the context of species …

Influence of terrain aspect on water partitioning, vegetation structure and vegetation greening in high‐elevation catchments in northern New Mexico

X Zapata‐Rios, PD Brooks, PA Troch, J McIntosh… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated vegetation structure, water partitioning dynamics and vegetation greening
from 2000 through 2012 in three catchments draining north and east aspects of Redondo …

Stream water carbon controls in seasonally snow-covered mountain catchments: impact of inter-annual variability of water fluxes, catchment aspect and seasonal …

JN Perdrial, J McIntosh, A Harpold, PD Brooks… - Biogeochemistry, 2014 - Springer
Stream water carbon (C) export is one important pathway for C loss from seasonally snow-
covered mountain ecosystems and an assessment of overarching controls is necessary …

Wildfire and topography impacts on snow accumulation and retention in montane forests

JD Maxwell, A Call, SBS Clair - Forest ecology and management, 2019 - Elsevier
Wildfires are increasing in frequency, severity, and size in many parts of the world. Forest
fires can fundamentally affect snowpack and watershed hydrology by restructuring forest …