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Mckenzie Skiles
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Evaluating Snowmelt Dynamics from a Spatially Distributed Process-based Model informed by Remotely Sensed Snow Albedo across the Colorado River Headwater Basins
AGU 2024
hydrology | 11 december 2024
J Michelle M. Hu, Joachim Meyer, Alvaro Robledano,...
Albedo is a principal control on net solar radiation, thereby regulating the amount of energy absorbed by a snowpack and the timing and rate of snowme...
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Assessing Improvements From Incorporating Geostationary Remotely Sensed Cloud Cover Data Into a Spatially Distributed Snow Energy Balance Model
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Alvaro Robledano, J Michelle M. Hu, Yijing Liu, Jo...
The dynamics of seasonal snowpacks play a key role in water resource management, especially in regions that depend on meltwater for agricultural and u...
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Representing dust accelerated snowmelt across Great Salt Lake headwaters using spatially distributed snow energy balance modeling
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Otto I. Lang, Joachim Meyer, J Michelle M. Hu, McK...
Seasonal snow in the intermountain western United States provides critical water resources for human infrastructure and local ecosystems alike. Snowpa...
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Daily High Resolution Dust on Snow Radiative Forcing: Fusing MODIS and Landsat-OLI Retrievals Using a Random Forest Model
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Patrick Naple, McKenzie Skiles
Desert dust deposited on mountain snowpacks accelerates snowmelt by lowering snow albedo, primarily in the visible portion of the spectrum, where snow...
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Comparative Analysis of UAV Lidar Systems for Snow Surface Property Retrieval from Intensity Corrections
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Chelsea Ackroyd, Adam Hunsaker, McKenzie Skiles, J...
Aerial lidar intensity at 1064 nm has proven effective for retrieving snow reflectance and grain size over mountain watersheds throughout the melt sea...
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Snow Today: a multi-decadal operational snow surface property suite and analysis for water supply forecasting
AGU 2024
hydrology | 10 december 2024
Karl Rittger, Sebastien JP Lenard, Ross Palomaki, ...
Water managers need accurate observations of snow to make decisions for a diverse set of applications. In situ observations of snow water equivalent (...
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Representing Canopy Interception in a Distributed Snow Model to Improve Snow Accumulation and Melt Timing
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Yijing Liu, J Michelle M. Hu, Alvaro Robledano, Mc...
Seasonal snow cover melt is critical for ecological processes and a vital water resource for downstream populations, especially in the mountainous wes...
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Multi-Scale Assessment of Remotely Sensed Snow Surface Properties and Albedo in Heterogenous Terrain
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 10 december 2024
Anton Avchyan, Christopher Donahue, Karl Rittger, ...
Understanding the evolution of snow albedo is crucial for various hydrology, environmental, and climate-related studies. For snow hydrology, accurate ...
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