CUES – A Study Site for Measuring Snowpack Energy Balance in the Sierra Nevada

Accurate measurement and modeling of the snowpack energy balance are critical to understanding the terrestrial water cycle. Most of the water resources in the western US come from snowmelt, yet statistical runoff models that rely on the historical record are becoming less reliable because of a chang...

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Main Authors: Edward H. Bair, Jeff eDozier, Robert E. Davis, Michael T. Colee, Keran J. Claffey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/feart.2015.00058/full