PPT-Vegetation Density and Snow Accumulation

Evan Esfahani Winter Ecology 2014 Mountain Research Station Introduction The relationship between vegetation density and canopy cover influences snowpack and how it accumulatesdepreciates Accumulation of snow under forest canopies will decline with increased canopy cover because of sublimation and interception in canopy Pomeroy 2002 . Public Works typically announces the snow emergency no later than 300 pm allowing noti57375cation to media partners What does it mean when a Snow Emergency is declared It means that all residential streets will be plowed and all vehicles should be o Evan Esfahani. Winter Ecology 2014 Mountain Research Station. Introduction. The relationship between vegetation density and canopy cover influences snowpack and how it accumulates/depreciates.. Accumulation of snow under forest canopies will decline with increased canopy cover because of sublimation and interception in canopy (Pomeroy, 2002). . . Retrieval. . of. . Accumulation. Rates on . the. . Ice. Sheets . Using. SAR . Wolfgang Dierking. &. Stefanie . Linow. . Alfred . Wegener . Institute Helmholtz-Center . for. Polar- . by Nick Ludolph. Winter Ecology – Spring 2010. Mountain Research Station, University of Colorado, Boulder. Introduction. Initial Research Idea – Repeat Photography. Why it did not work. My Next Idea – Transects. Fire . region, Oregon Cascades. Tyler Roses. Why are snow studies important?. Snow is an important part of the hydrological cycle. In regions like the Pacific Northwest more than 50% of annual precipitation in mountainous regions comes in the form of snow. Jon D. Pelletier, . University of Arizona. Hillslope-fluvia. l geomorphologists. have . often . taken climate change. . to be . synonymous . with changes . in runoff/discharge/precipitation (i.e., driving shear stresses). . Erosive forces . Glacier. persistent . body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own . weight.. It . forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many . ON YOUR GRAPHS. DRAW. A . LINE. OR . CURVE . ON YOUR GRAPHS. THIS GRAPH IS OK ✔ . THIS GRAPH IS NOT OK ✗ . DRAW. THREE POINTS . ON EACH GRAPH. LABEL. POINTS A, B and C. A. B. A. C. C. B. LABEL. EACH AXIS. Kamal Humagain. 1. , Robert Cox. 1. , . and James . Cain. 2. 1. Texas Tech University . 2. New Mexico State University. , . 2. New . Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. . Preliminary data exploration shows the bigger trees in the non-treatment sites for Ponderosa pine forests which constitutes the majority of the project area.. Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Urban Freeways. Victor . L. Knoop, Serge P. Hoogendoorn. Goal. Describe. traffic . states. . and. . future. traffic . states. An easy . description. of traffic . Scott . Clingan. Winter Ecology Spring 2014. Terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Soil respiration estimated to account for 20-38% of annual biogenic CO. 2. emissions . (Scott 2002). Increased Respiration from global warming = lower carbon sequestration (positive feedback?). by Nick Ludolph. Winter Ecology – Spring 2010. Mountain Research Station, University of Colorado, Boulder. Introduction. Initial Research Idea – Repeat Photography. Why it did not work. My Next Idea – Transects. Glacier. persistent . body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own . weight.. It . forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many . years.. Use has been made of existing manuals for mass balance measurements and. glossaries presenting definitions (Ostrem and Brugman, 1991; Kaser et al., 2003;. Cogley et al., 2011).. Descriptions in chapter are also based on more recent publications (reports, .