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Post-fire vegetation response to snow in the western United States

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Blauvelt, Katie

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The western United States is experiencing significant changes in wildfire and snow regimes as a result of warming temperatures. An amplification of wildfire activity and reduction in snow water equivalent, snow covered area, and earlier spring snowmelt are documented trends that are projected to continue into the future. With an...

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Masters Thesis

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constructive feedback. I am grateful to Eric Sproles who created the datasets that allowed this project to be
Identifying "at-risk" regions of snow accumulation within California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, and assessing implications on reservoir operations

Creator:

Kalyan, Imtiaz-Ali M.

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California's water resources vary throughout the state owing to the regions varying topography, diverse climate, and the distribution of precipitation. Most of the state's precipitation falls over the northern coastal range and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Winter snowpack that accumulates within these mountain basins serves as...

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Masters Thesis

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express my thanks to fellow graduate students Eric Sproles, Nick legg, and Allison Danner for taking an
Climate change impacts on mountain snowpack presented in a knowledge to action framework

Creator:

Sproles, Eric A.

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Throughout many of the world’s mountain ranges snowpack accumulates during the winter and into the spring, providing a natural reservoir for water. As this reservoir melts, it fills streams and recharges groundwater for over 1 billion people globally. Despite its importance to water resources, our understanding of the storage capacity...

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Dissertation

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THE DISSERTATION OF Eric A. Sproles for the degree of Doctor