Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States by David M. Barnard, Timothy R. Green, Kyle R. Mankin, Kendall C. DeJonge, Charles C. Rhoades, Stephanie K. Kampf, Jeremy Giovando, Mike J. Wilkins, Adam L. Mahood, Megan G. Sears, Louise H. Comas, Sean M. Gleason, Huihui Zhang, Steven R. Fassnacht, R. Daren Harmel, Jon Altenhofen

“…Agricultural production in the western United States relies on water supplies from mountain source-water systems that are sensitive to impacts from wildfire and a changing climate. …”
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Snow Water Equivalent Accumulation Patterns from a Trajectory Approach over the U.S. Southern Rocky Mountains by Isaac J. Y. Schrock, Steven R. Fassnacht, Antonio-Juan Collados-Lara, William E. Sanford, Anna K. D. Pfohl, Enrique Morán-Tejeda

“…Data were used from 90 snow stations for a 34-year period across the Southern Rocky Mountains in the western United States. The stations were divided into sub-sets based on elevation, latitude, and the mean annual maximum SWE. …”
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High Resolution SnowModel Simulations Reveal Future Elevation‐Dependent Snow Loss and Earlier, Flashier Surface Water Input for the Upper Colorado River Basin by John C. Hammond, Graham A. Sexstone, Annie L. Putman, Theodore B. Barnhart, David M. Rey, Jessica M. Driscoll, Glen E. Liston, Kristen L. Rasmussen, Daniel McGrath, Steven R. Fassnacht, Stephanie K. Kampf

“…Abstract Continued climate warming is reducing seasonal snowpacks in the western United States, where >50% of historical water supplies were snowmelt‐derived. …”
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