C41D:
Snow Hydrology: Flooding, Modeling, and Vegetation Interactions I

Session ID#: 5121

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
3004 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Mukesh Kumar, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States and Dr. Timothy E Link, PhD, University of Idaho, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, Moscow, ID, United States
Primary Convener:  John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Co-conveners:  Mukesh Kumar, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States, Dr. Timothy E Link, PhD, University of Idaho, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, Moscow, ID, United States and Tobias Jonas, SLF / WSL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
OSPA Liaison:  Mukesh Kumar, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States
Index Terms:

0736 Snow [CRYOSPHERE]
0740 Snowmelt [CRYOSPHERE]
0798 Modeling [CRYOSPHERE]
1863 Snow and ice [HYDROLOGY]
Virtual Option?: Yes
Swirl Theme: Characterizing Uncertainty

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

C41D-01
Coupled atmospheric-hydrological modelling of the Canadian Rockies rain-on-snow flood of June 2013 (Invited) (26767)
Alain Pietroniro, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Hydrology Research Center, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Bruce Davison, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Hydrology Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and Vincent Fortin, Hydro-Québec, Montreal, Canada
C41D-02
Impact of Increasing Rainfall and Rain-on-Snow on Flood Generation in a Canadian Prairie Catchment (Invited) (4803)
Stacey Dumanski, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and Cherie Westbrook, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Geography and Planning, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
C41D-03
How Important Is Snowmelt Input for Runoff during Rain-on-Snow Floods over the Western U.S. Mountains? (Invited) (5324)
Nicholas E Wayand, University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, United States, Jessica D Lundquist, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States and Martyn P Clark, University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada
C41D-04
Correcting Inadequate Model Snow Process Descriptions Dramatically Improves Mountain Hydrology Simulations (Invited) (4352)
John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and Xing Fang, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
C41D-05
The Need for Modernized Operational Snow Models: A Tale of Two Years (Invited) (13911)
Adam H Winstral, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland and Danny G Marks, USDA-ARS, Northwest Watershed Research Center, Boise, ID, United States
C41D-06
Forests, Snow, and Change: How Modeling History Is Shaping Our Predictions for the Future (Invited) (3883)
Jessica D Lundquist, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States, Ethan D Gutmann, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Martyn P Clark, University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada
C41D-07
Ray Trace Modeling to Determine Optimal Forest Canopy Gap Size for Reduced Solar Irradiance During Snowmelt: Field Verification and Continental Scale Application (Invited) (5284)
Keith N Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geography, Boulder, United States, John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and Dr. Timothy E Link, PhD, University of Idaho, Water Resources Program, Moscow, ID, United States
C41D-08
Long-wave emission from trees in snow-covered Arctic boreal forests: measurement and modelling (Invited) (10996)
Nick Rutter1, Timothy Drummond Reid2, Steve Hancock3, Maya King1, Richard Essery4, Robert Baxter5 and Brian Huntley6, (1)Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, (2)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (3)Exeter University, Penryn, United Kingdom, (4)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom, (5)Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, (6)University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
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