Do existing classification systems capture mountain snowpack heterogeneity? Accounting for spatial variability in a changing environment

Sarah Godsey, Idaho State University, Geosciences, Idaho Falls, ID, United States, Christopher Tennant, Idaho State University, Geoghraphy, Pocatello, ID, United States, Adrian Adam Harpold, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, NV, United States, Dr. Timothy E Link, PhD, University of Idaho, forest resources, Moscow, ID, United States, Seshadri Rajagopal, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States and Laurel Larsen, University of California Berkeley, Geography, Berkeley, CA, United States