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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 30, NO. 12, 1601, doi:10.1029/2003GL017258, 2003

Trends in snow water equivalent in the Pacific Northwest and their climatic causes

Philip W. Mote

JISAO/SMA Climate Impacts Group, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA


Abstract

Observations of snow water equivalent (SWE) in the Pacific Northwest are examined and compared with variability and trends in temperature and precipitation at nearby climate stations. At most locations, especially below about 1800 m, substantial declines in SWE coincide with significant increases in temperature, and occur in spite of increases in precipitation.

Received 5 March 2003; accepted 15 May 2003; published 17 June 2003.

Index Terms: 1655 Global Change: Water cycles (1836); 1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827); 1630 Global Change: Impact phenomena.

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Citation: Mote, P. W. (2003), Trends in snow water equivalent in the Pacific Northwest and their climatic causes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12), 1601, doi:10.1029/2003GL017258.