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DOI	10.5194/hess-22-4891-2018
	Now you see it; now you don't: A case study of ephemeral snowpacks and soil moisture response in the Great Basin; USA
	Petersky R.; Harpold A.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	1027-5606
起始页码	4891
结束页码	4906
卷号	22 期号:9
英文摘要	Ephemeral snowpacks, or those that persist for < 60 continuous days, are challenging to observe and model because snow accumulation and ablation occur during the same season. This has left ephemeral snow understudied, despite its widespread extent. Using 328 site years from the Great Basin, we show that ephemeral snowmelt causes a 70-days-earlier soil moisture response than seasonal snowmelt. In addition, deep soil moisture response was more variable in areas with seasonal snowmelt. To understand Great Basin snow distribution, we used MODIS and Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) data to map snow extent. Estimates of maximum continuous snow cover duration from SNODAS consistently overestimated MODIS observations by > 25 days in the lowest (lt; 1500 m) and highest (> 2500 m) elevations. During this time period snowpack was highly variable. The maximum seasonal snow cover during water years 2005-2014 was 64 % in 2010 and at a minimum of 24 % in 2014. We found that elevation had a strong control on snow ephemerality, and nearly all snowpacks over 2500 m were seasonal except those on south-facing slopes. Additionally, we used SNODAS-derived estimates of solid and liquid precipitation, melt, sublimation, and blowing snow sublimation to define snow ephemerality mechanisms. In warm years, the Great Basin shifts to ephemerally dominant as the rain-snow transition increases in elevation. Given that snow ephemerality is expected to increase as a consequence of climate change, physics-based modeling is needed that can account for the complex energetics of shallow snowpacks in complex terrain. These modeling efforts will need to be supported by field observations of mass and energy and linked to finer remote sensing snow products in order to track ephemeral snow dynamics. © Author(s) 2018.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Radiometers; Remote sensing; Snow melting systems; Soil moisture; Sublimation; Data assimilation systems; Deep soil moisture; Field observations; Physics-based modeling; Seasonal snow cover; Snow accumulation; Snow cover durations; Snow distribution; Snow; blowing snow; climate change; complex terrain; energetics; MODIS; precipitation (climatology); remote sensing; snow accumulation; snow cover; snowmelt; snowpack; soil moisture; sublimation; Great Basin; United States
来源期刊	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/159911
作者单位	Petersky, R., Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, United States; Harpold, A., Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, United States, Natural Resources Environmental Science Department, University of Nevada, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, United States, Global Water Center, University of Nevada, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Petersky R.,Harpold A.. Now you see it; now you don't: A case study of ephemeral snowpacks and soil moisture response in the Great Basin; USA[J],2018,22(9).
APA	Petersky R.,&Harpold A..(2018).Now you see it; now you don't: A case study of ephemeral snowpacks and soil moisture response in the Great Basin; USA.Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,22(9).
MLA	Petersky R.,et al."Now you see it; now you don't: A case study of ephemeral snowpacks and soil moisture response in the Great Basin; USA".Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22.9(2018).