Perspectives on the causes of exceptionally low 2015 snowpack in the western United States

Augmenting previous papers about the exceptional 2011-15 California drought, we offer new perspectives on the ‘snow drought’ that extended into Oregon in 2014 and Washington in 2015. Over 80% of measurement sites west of 115°W experienced record low snowpack in 2015, and we estimate a return period...

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Main Authors: Mote, P, Rupp, D, Li, S, Sharp, D, Otto, F, Uhe, P, Xiao, M, Lettenmaier, D, Cullen, H, Allen, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2016