Dust radiative forcing in snow of the Upper Colorado River Basin: 2. Interannual variability in radiative forcing and snowmelt rates

McKenzie Skiles, S.; H. Painter, T.; S. Deems, J.; C. Bryant, Ann; C. Landry, Christopher

doi:10.1029/2012wr011986

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Dust radiative forcing in snow of the Upper Colorado River Basin: 2. Interannual variability in radiative forcing and snowmelt rates

Published in Water Resources Research • Jun 13, 2012

Authors:

S. McKenzie Skiles

T. H. Painter

J. S. Deems

Abstract

Here we present the radiative and snowmelt impacts of dust deposition to snow cover using a 6‐year energy balance record (2005–2010) at alpine and subalpine micrometeorological towers in the Senator Beck Basin Study Area (SBBSA) in southwestern Colorado, USA. These results follow from the measuremen...

Subject

Snowmelt

Snowpack

Radiative forcing

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