Erosion by wind is one of the principal processes associated with land degradation in
drylands and is a significant concern to land managers and policymakers globally. In the …

Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

Climate models have consistently projected a drying trend in the southwestern United
States, aiding speculation of increasing dust storms in this region. Long‐term climatology is …

Wildfire area has been increasing in most ecoregions across the western United States,
including snow-dominated regions. These fires modify snow accumulation, ablation, and …

Water stored in mountain snowpacks (ie, snow water equivalent, SWE) represents an
important but poorly characterized component of the terrestrial water cycle. The Western …

Snow cover plays a key role for sustaining ecology and society in mountainous regions.
Light-absorbing particulates (including black carbon, organic carbon, and mineral dust) …

Airborne particles of mineral dust play a key role in Earth's climate system and affect human
activities around the globe. The numerical weather modeling community has undertaken …

Seasonal snowmelt from the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah, USA, is a primary control
on water availability for the metropolitan Wasatch Front, surrounding agricultural valleys …

Light absorbing impurities (LAI) initiate powerful snow albedo feedbacks, yet due to a
scarcity of observations and measurements, LAI radiative forcing is often neglected or poorly …

The ecohydrological effects of changing snowmelt are strongly mediated by soil moisture.
We utilize 259 Snow Telemetry stations across the western US to address two questions:(1) …