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Assessing the Role of Snow Cover for Regenerating Forests over Post-wildfire Landscapes in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Wilson, Andy C.
Abstract:: Forested, mountain landscapes in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are changing at an unprecedented rate, largely due to shifts in the regional climate regime. Documented climatic trends across the PNW include increasing wildfire frequency and intensity and an increasingly ephemeral snowpack, especially at moderate elevations. One relationship that has yet to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: :_________________________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin Forested, mountain landscapes in the Pacific Northwest

Identifying "at-risk" regions of snow accumulation within California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, and assessing implications on reservoir operations

Creator:: Kalyan, Imtiaz-Ali M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : __________________________________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin California’s water resources vary throughout the state owing to the regions

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

Creator:: Blauvelt, Katie
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract Approved: ____________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin The western

Present-day and future contributions of glacier melt to the Upper Middle Fork Hood River : implications for water management

Creator:: Phillippe, Jeff
Abstract:: Glaciers are effective reservoirs because they moderate variations in runoff and supply reliable flow during drought periods. Thus, there needs to be a clear understanding of the influence of glacier runoff at both the basin and catchment scale. The objectives of this study were to quantify the late summer contributions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: _____________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin Glaciers are

Mapping vegetation density and water inundation in a recovering wetland : the Mesopotamian Marshlands

Creator:: Bosley, Jon Michael
Abstract:: Once considered the largest wetland in Central Asia, the Mesopotamian Marshlands of Southeastern Iraq have nearly disappeared. Various hydrological projects by the Iraqi government and dam construction in the region have nearly destroyed these once rich freshwater wetlands by over 90%. With the launching of Operation Iraqi Freedom recent attempts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin Once considered the largest wetland in Central Asia, the Mesopotamian

Recent periglacial debris flows from Mount Rainier, Washington

Creator:: Copeland, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: Debris flow initiation is controlled by a complex interaction of geology, geomorphology, climate, and weather. In the Cascade Range of Pacific Northwest and mountainous areas globally, patterns of temperature and precipitation are being altered by climate change, which may in turn impact debris flow initiation. Temperature has increased and patterns...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Grant Anne W. Nolin Debris flow initiation is controlled by a complex interaction of

Snow Grain Evolution in Forested and Open Regions – Implications for Remote Sensing

Creator:: Weiss, Sydney G.
Abstract:: Snow water equivalent (SWE) is a critical measurement in hydrology and water resources management. Microwave remote sensing can estimate snow water equivalent (SWE). However, the algorithms used to estimate SWE require snow grain size information. Thus, determining snow grain size is pertinent to estimate SWE. Currently, there are several models...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Anne W. Nolin Snow water equivalent (SWE) is a critical measurement in hydrology and water

Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

Creator:: Hu, Jyun-Yi Michelle
Abstract:: Cold-season storms are responsible for generating most of the snow that accumulates in mountainous watersheds across the western United States, but with overwhelming evidence of warming temperature trends, this seasonal snowpack is at risk for melt, The vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records – these...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin Cold

Glacier change in a basin of the Peruvian Andes and implications for water resources

Creator:: Burns, Patrick J.
Abstract:: Declines in glacier area and volume are widespread. These changes will have important hydrologic consequences since glaciers store tremendous amounts of fresh water and buffer seasonally low flows in many densely populated regions. In this thesis I focus on a region that is hydrologically vulnerable to glacier change, namely the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin Declines in glacier area and volume are widespread. These changes will have

Modeling Elevation-Dependent Snow Sensitivity to Climate Warming in the Data Sparse Eastern Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Cooper, Matthew Guy
Abstract:: In the mountains of the Western US, shifts in the timing and magnitude of snow water equivalent (SWE) over the past century are well documented and attributed to climate warming, but the magnitude of sensitivity depends on elevation. We modeled the spatial distribution of SWE and its sensitivity to climate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Anne W. Nolin In the

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Assessing the Role of Snow Cover for Regenerating Forests over Post-wildfire Landscapes in the Pacific Northwest

Identifying "at-risk" regions of snow accumulation within California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, and assessing implications on reservoir operations

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

Present-day and future contributions of glacier melt to the Upper Middle Fork Hood River : implications for water management

Mapping vegetation density and water inundation in a recovering wetland : the Mesopotamian Marshlands

Recent periglacial debris flows from Mount Rainier, Washington

Snow Grain Evolution in Forested and Open Regions – Implications for Remote Sensing

Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

Glacier change in a basin of the Peruvian Andes and implications for water resources

Modeling Elevation-Dependent Snow Sensitivity to Climate Warming in the Data Sparse Eastern Oregon Cascades

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