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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab763f |
Widespread warming trends in storm temperatures and snowpack fate across the Western United States | |
Hu, J. Michelle1; Nolin, Anne W.2 | |
2020-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 15期号:3 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Western United States snowpacks are generated by cold-season storms, yet the vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records. Previous studies do not distinguish between days with and without precipitation, which effectively dilutes temperature trends relevant for snowpack monitoring. We examined trends in cold-season precipitation and impacts on snow in nine mountain regions across the western United States. Using 33 years of daily meteorological data (1984-2016) from 567 Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) sites and a homogenized daily temperature dataset (TopoWx), we investigated seasonal and regional trends in storm day temperatures, storm day frequency, and resulting snowpack fate. We found widespread warming of 0.4 degrees C-1.2 degrees C per decade, especially during the fall and in the Interior West using tests for statistically significant trends. Disaggregation showed that days with precipitation are warming nearly twice as fast as dry days in the fall and winter. We also observed increases in November dry days, increased melt on dry days throughout the accumulation season, spring cooling and declines in daily snowmelt during snow-depleting storm days. These findings demonstrate the importance of disaggregating temperature data to elucidate trends (in storm day frequency, accumulation and melt, and warming and cooling) and their impacts on snow in the western US. |
英文关键词 | snowpack hydrology climate warming |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000521174700001 |
WOS关键词 | SNOWMELT RUNOFF ; CLIMATE VARIABILITY ; PRECIPITATION ; SNOWFALL ; COVER |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/279197 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Washington, Civil & Environm Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA; 2.Univ Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hu, J. Michelle,Nolin, Anne W.. Widespread warming trends in storm temperatures and snowpack fate across the Western United States[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2020,15(3). |
APA | Hu, J. Michelle,&Nolin, Anne W..(2020).Widespread warming trends in storm temperatures and snowpack fate across the Western United States.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,15(3). |
MLA | Hu, J. Michelle,et al."Widespread warming trends in storm temperatures and snowpack fate across the Western United States".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 15.3(2020). |
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