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Snowpack Properties Vary In Response To Burn Severity Gradients In Montane Forests, Jordan Maxwell, Samuel B. St. Clair Dec 2019

Snowpack Properties Vary In Response To Burn Severity Gradients In Montane Forests, Jordan Maxwell, Samuel B. St. Clair

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Wildfires are altering ecosystems globally as they change in frequency, size, and severity. As wildfires change vegetation structure, they also alter moisture inputs and energy fluxes which influence snowpack and hydrology. In unburned forests, snow has been shown to accumulate more in small clearings or in stands with low to moderate forest densities. Here we investigate whether peak snowpack varies with burn severity or percent overstory tree mortality post-fire in a mid-latitude, subalpine forest. We found that peak snowpack across the burn severity gradients increased 15% in snow-water equivalence (SWE) and 17% in depth for every 20% increase in overstory …


Effect Of Small Aspen Clearcuts On Water Yield And Water Quality, Robert S. Johnston Jan 1984

Effect Of Small Aspen Clearcuts On Water Yield And Water Quality, Robert S. Johnston

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A Hydrologic Model Of Aspen-Conifer Succession In The Western United States, Richard A. Jaynes Jan 1978

A Hydrologic Model Of Aspen-Conifer Succession In The Western United States, Richard A. Jaynes

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Some Harvest Options And Their Consequences For The Aspen, Birch And Associated Conifer Forest Types Of The Lake States, L.F. Ohmann, H.O. Batzer, R.R. Buech, D.C. Lothner, D.A. Perala, A.L. Schipper, Jr, E.S. Verry Jan 1978

Some Harvest Options And Their Consequences For The Aspen, Birch And Associated Conifer Forest Types Of The Lake States, L.F. Ohmann, H.O. Batzer, R.R. Buech, D.C. Lothner, D.A. Perala, A.L. Schipper, Jr, E.S. Verry

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Estimating Water Yield Differences Between Hardwood And Pine Forests: An Application Of Net Precipitation Data, Elon S. Verry Jan 1976

Estimating Water Yield Differences Between Hardwood And Pine Forests: An Application Of Net Precipitation Data, Elon S. Verry

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Water Quality Of A Range Watershed In Southwestern Alberta Prior To Aspen Clearing, T. Singh, Y.P. Kalra Jan 1976

Water Quality Of A Range Watershed In Southwestern Alberta Prior To Aspen Clearing, T. Singh, Y.P. Kalra

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