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Frontiers of Earth Science in China : Volume 11

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Scales of snow depth variability in high elevation rangeland sagebrush

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Author	Tedesche, Molly E. Fassnacht, Steven R. Meiman, Paul J.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	In high elevation semi-arid rangelands, sagebrush and other shrubs can affect transport and deposition of wind-blown snow, enabling the formation of snowdrifts. Datasets from three field experiments were used to investigate the scales of spatial variability of snow depth around big mountain sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) at a high elevation plateau rangeland in North Park, Colorado, during the winters of 2002, 2003, and 2008. Data were collected at multiple resolutions (0.05 to 25 m) and extents (2 to 1000 m). Finer scale data were collected specifically for this study to examine the correlation between snow depth, sagebrush microtopography, the ground surface, and the snow surface, as well as the temporal consistency of snow depth patterns. Variograms were used to identify the spatial structure and the Moran’s I statistic was used to determine the spatial correlation. Results show some temporal consistency in snow depth at several scales. Plot scale snow depth variability is partly a function of the nature of individual shrubs, as there is some correlation between the spatial structure of snow depth and sagebrush, as well as between the ground and snow depth. The optimal sampling resolution appears to be 25-cm, but over a large area, this would require a multitude of samples, and thus a random stratified approach is recommended with a fine measurement resolution of 5-cm.
Starting Page	469
Ending Page	481
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	20950195
Journal	Frontiers of Earth Science in China
Volume Number	11
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	20950209
Language	English
Publisher	Higher Education Press
Publisher Date	2017-05-22
Publisher Institution	Chinese Universities
Publisher Place	Beijing
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	snow hydrology high elevation rangelands spatial statistics variograms snow pack spatial variability snow drifts Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences

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