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Frontiers of Earth Science in China : Volume 11

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Using ground penetrating radar to assess the variability of snow water equivalent and melt in a mixed canopy forest, Northern Colorado

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Author	Webb, Ryan W.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Snow is an important environmental variable in headwater systems that controls hydrological processes such as streamflow, groundwater recharge, and evapotranspiration. These processes will be affected by both the amount of snow available for melt and the rate at which it melts. Snow water equivalent (SWE) and snowmelt are known to vary within complex subalpine terrain due to terrain and canopy influences. This study assesses this variability during the melt season using ground penetrating radar to survey multiple plots in northwestern Colorado near a snow telemetry (SNOTEL) station. The plots include south aspect and flat aspect slopes with open, coniferous (subalpine fir, Abies lasiocarpa and engelman spruce, Picea engelmanii), and deciduous (aspen, populous tremuooides) canopy cover. Results show the high variability for both SWE and loss of SWE during spring snowmelt in 2014. The coefficient of variation for SWE tended to increase with time during snowmelt whereas loss of SWE remained similar. Correlation lengths for SWE were between two and five meters with melt having correlation lengths between two and four meters. The SNOTEL station regularly measured higher SWE values relative to the survey plots but was able to reasonably capture the overall mean loss of SWE during melt. Ground Penetrating Radar methods can improve future investigations with the advantage of non-destructive sampling and the ability to estimate depth, density, and SWE.
Starting Page	482
Ending Page	495
Page Count	14
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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	2017-03-31
Publisher Institution	Chinese Universities
Publisher Place	Beijing
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	headwaters snowmelt snow water equivalent ground penetrating rdar SNOTEL Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences

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