A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States

ER Siirila-Woodburn, AM Rhoades… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change is decreasing seasonal snowpacks globally, with potentially
catastrophic consequences on water resources, given the long-held reliance on snowpack …

Five decades of observed daily precipitation reveal longer and more variable drought events across much of the western United States

F Zhang, JA Biederman… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple lines of evidence suggest climate change will result in increased precipitation
variability and consequently more frequent extreme events. These hydroclimatic changes …

A review of the hydrologic response mechanisms during mountain rain-on-snow

WT Brandt, K Haleakala, BJ Hatchett… - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mountain rain-on-snow (ROS) generates large flooding events worldwide. Climate warming
will enhance the frequency, magnitude, and widespread nature of these events. Past studies …

Asymmetric emergence of low-to-no snow in the midlatitudes of the American Cordillera

AM Rhoades, BJ Hatchett, MD Risser… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Societies and ecosystems within and downstream of mountains rely on seasonal snowmelt
to satisfy their water demands. Anthropogenic climate change has reduced mountain …

Observed and projected changes in snow accumulation and snowline in California's snowy mountains

T Shulgina, A Gershunov, BJ Hatchett, K Guirguis… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades—California's snowy mountains—are
primary freshwater sources and natural reservoirs for the states of California and Nevada …

Evaluation of IMERG and ERA5 precipitation-phase partitioning on the global scale

W Xiong, G Tang, T Wang, Z Ma, W Wan - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The precipitation phase (ie, rain and snow) is important for the global hydrologic cycle and
climate system. The objective of this study is to evaluate the precipitation-phase partitioning …

Snow sensitivity to temperature and precipitation change during compound cold–hot and wet–dry seasons in the Pyrenees

J Bonsoms, JI López-Moreno… - The Cryosphere, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The Mediterranean Basin has experienced one of the highest warming rates on
earth during the last few decades, and climate projections predict water scarcity in the future …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the daily evolution and extent of snow drought

BJ Hatchett, AM Rhoades… - Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Snow droughts are commonly defined as below-average snowpack at a point in time,
typically 1 April in the western United States (wUS). This definition is valuable for interpreting …

Midwinter dry spells amplify post‐fire snowpack decline

BJ Hatchett, AL Koshkin, K Guirguis… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing wildfire and declining snowpacks in mountain regions threaten water availability.
We combine satellite‐based fire detections with snow seasonality classifications to examine …

Projection of snowfall and precipitation phase changes over the Northwest China based on CMIP6 multimodels

M Xu, Z Hou, S Kang, X Wu, H Han, P Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
The change of precipitation phase could have profound influence on water cycle and
ecological environment in Northwest China (NWC). It has been observed that snowfall is …