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Dust on Snow Radiative Forcing and Contribution to Melt in the Colorado River Basin
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
09 march 2025
Patrick Naple, McKenzie Skiles, Otto I. Lang, Karl...
In the mountainous headwaters of the Colorado River episodic dust deposition from adjacent arid and disturbed landscapes darkens snow and accelerat...
Two Decades of Dust Radiative Forcing on Snow Cover Across the Great Salt Lake Basin
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: EARTH SURFACE
18 february 2025
Otto I. Lang, Patrick Naple, Derek V. Mallia, Ty H...
Seasonal snowpacks in mountain drainages of the Great Salt Lake Basin (GSLB), western United States, are the primary surface water supply to region...
Evaluating Snowmelt Dynamics from a Spatially Distributed Process-based Model informed by Remotely Sensed Snow Albedo across the Colorado River Headwater Basins
APPLICATIONS IN SNOW HYDROLOGY II ORAL
hydrology | 11 december 2024
J Michelle M. Hu, Joachim Meyer, Alvaro Robledano,...
Albedo is a principal control on net solar radiation, thereby regulating the amount of energy absorbed by a snowpack and the timing and rate of snowme...
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Representing dust accelerated snowmelt across Great Salt Lake headwaters using spatially distributed snow energy balance modeling
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: SEASONAL SNOW II ELIGHTNING
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Otto I. Lang, Joachim Meyer, J Michelle M. Hu, McK...
Seasonal snow in the intermountain western United States provides critical water resources for human infrastructure and local ecosystems alike. Snowpa...
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Representing Canopy Interception in a Distributed Snow Model to Improve Snow Accumulation and Melt Timing
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: SEASONAL SNOW III POSTER
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Yijing Liu, J Michelle M. Hu, Alvaro Robledano, Mc...
Seasonal snow cover melt is critical for ecological processes and a vital water resource for downstream populations, especially in the mountainous wes...
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Comparative Analysis of UAV Lidar Systems for Snow Surface Property Retrieval from Intensity Corrections
REMOTE SENSING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: SEASONAL SNOW II POSTER
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Chelsea Ackroyd, Adam Hunsaker, McKenzie Skiles, J...
Aerial lidar intensity at 1064 nm has proven effective for retrieving snow reflectance and grain size over mountain watersheds throughout the melt sea...
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Snow Today: a multi-decadal operational snow surface property suite and analysis for water supply forecasting
FROM SPACE TO SOLUTIONS: SATELLITE EARTH OBSERVATIONS FOR RESILIENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT I ORAL
hydrology | 10 december 2024
Karl Rittger, Sebastien JP Lenard, Ross Palomaki, ...
Water managers need accurate observations of snow to make decisions for a diverse set of applications. In situ observations of snow water equivalent (...
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Assessing Improvements From Incorporating Geostationary Remotely Sensed Cloud Cover Data Into a Spatially Distributed Snow Energy Balance Model
QUANTIFYING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SNOW AND SNOW PROCESSES II POSTER
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Alvaro Robledano, J Michelle M. Hu, Yijing Liu, Jo...
The dynamics of seasonal snowpacks play a key role in water resource management, especially in regions that depend on meltwater for agricultural and u...
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