C42B-02
Inferring Process Changes from 30 Years of Distributed Mountain Snowfall and Measured Streamflow at Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Idaho, USA.
Thursday, 17 December 2015: 10:35
3005 (Moscone West)
Patrick R Kormos1, Danny G Marks1, Mark S Seyfried2, Scott Havens1, Andrew R Hedrick3, David C Garen4 and Fred B. Pierson5, (1)USDA Agriculture Research Serv, Boise, ID, United States, (2)US Dept Agr ARS, Boise, ID, United States, (3)USDA Agricultural Research Service New England Plant, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, East Wareham, MA, United States, (4)NRCS, Portland, OR, United States, (5)USDA-ARS, Boise, ID, United States
Abstract:
The hydrologic system in snowy mountain catchments includes complicated linkages and feedbacks between climate, snow cover, transpiring vegetation, and streamflow. We use 30 water years (1984 – 2014) of precipitation, relative humidity, air temperature, and streamflow data to identify changes that have occurred in the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in Idaho. The process changes that have occurred during this time are presented and analyzed. This unique spatially distributed data set clearly highlights the transition from snow to rain in mountain regions of western North America.
