Are atmospheric models too cold in the mountains? The state of science and insights from the SAIL field campaign

W Rudisill, A Rhoades, Z Xu… - Bulletin of the American …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mountains play an outsized role in water resource availability, and the amount and timing of
water they provide depend strongly on temperature. To that end, we ask the question: How …

[HTML][HTML] Sublimation of snow

JD Lundquist, J Vano, E Gutmann… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Sublimation of Snow in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 105 Issue
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Exploring agro-ecological significance, knowledge gaps, and research priorities in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

LL Mwampashi, AJ Magubika, JF Ringo… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This systematic review examines the global agricultural relevance and practical
environmental implications of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) within the phylum …

Climate change-resilient snowpack estimation in the Western United States

M Cowherd, U Mital, S Rahimi, M Girotto… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
In the 21st century, warmer temperatures and changing atmospheric circulation will likely
produce unprecedented changes in Western United States snowfall,–, with impacts on the …

Supporting advancement in weather and water prediction in the upper Colorado River basin: The SPLASH campaign

G de Boer, A White, R Cifelli, J Intrieri… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Water is a critical resource that causes significant challenges to inhabitants of the western
United States. These challenges are likely to intensify as the result of expanding population …

[HTML][HTML] A new approach to net solar radiation in a spatially distributed snow energy balance model to improve snowmelt timing

J Meyer, A Hedrick, SMK Skiles - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Snow that accumulates seasonally in mountain headwaters is traditionally a vast and
consistent natural reservoir, providing water as the snow melts in the spring and summer …

[HTML][HTML] Low-level liquid-bearing clouds contribute to seasonal lower atmosphere stability and surface energy forcing over a high-mountain watershed environment

J Sedlar, T Meyers, CJ Cox… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Measurements of atmospheric structure and surface energy budgets distributed along a high-
altitude mountain watershed environment near Crested Butte, Colorado, from two separate …

X-Band Radar and Surface-Based Observations of Cold-Season Precipitation in Western Colorado's Complex Terrain

S Heflin, M Abel, S Biswas, A Morales… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Hydrologic processes associated with intermountain cold-season precipitation in the Upper
Colorado River basin have important impacts on avalanche forecasting and water resource …

Diurnal trends and meteorological factors influencing the variability of fluorescent bioaerosol in Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado during SAIL

ASM Shawon, KB Benedict… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the crucial role of bioaerosol particles (BAP) in our climate system, local
ecosystems, and human health, our grasp on their atmospheric interactions is hampered by …

Riming-dependent Snowfall Rate and Ice Water Content Retrievals for W-band cloud radar

N Maherndl, A Battaglia, A Kötsche… - EGUsphere, 2025 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Accurate measurements of snowfall in mid-and high-latitudes are particularly important,
because snow provides a vital freshwater source, and impacts glacier mass balances as …