Persistence of topographic controls on the spatial distribution of snow in rugged mountain terrain, Colorado, United States

Erickson, Tyler; Williams, Mark; H. Winstral, A.

doi:10.1029/2003wr002973

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Persistence of topographic controls on the spatial distribution of snow in rugged mountain terrain, Colorado, United States

Published in Water Resources Research • Apr 1, 2005

Authors:

Tyler Erickson

Mark Williams

A. H. Winstral

Abstract

We model the spatial distribution of snow depth across a wind‐dominated alpine basin using a geostatistical approach with a complex variable mean. Snow depth surveys were conducted at maximum accumulation from 1997 through 2003 in the 2.3 km 2 Green Lakes Valley watershed in Colorado. We model snow ...

Subject

Terrain

Snow

Elevation (ballistics)

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