C33C-0834
Influence of spatial location on the timing of the snow accumulation and melt in the Sierra Nevada: An analysis with FANOVA.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Eduardo Montoya, California State University Bakersfield, Mathematics, Bakersfield, CA, United States, Wendy Meiring, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Jeff Dozier, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Abstract:
In California, snow represents one of the primary water resources. California precipitation occurs predominately in the winter and spring months, whereas the summer and fall generally are dry. Variation in the timing of snowpack accumulation and melt in the Sierra Nevada can be quantified through statistical curve registration summaries of seasonal cycle variation in daily snow pillow records. This procedure provides a set of functional sample observations that may be used to study the characteristics that influence the timing of snowpack events. Using functional analysis of variance, we investigate differences in the timing of snowpack accumulation and melt associated with spatial location attributes.
