Four-fold increase in solar forcing on snow in western U.S. burned forests since 1999

Kelly E. Gleason; Joseph R. McConnell; Monica M. Arienzo; Nathan Chellman; Wendy M. Calvin

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09935-y

Nature Communications (May 2019)

Four-fold increase in solar forcing on snow in western U.S. burned forests since 1999

Kelly E. Gleason,
Joseph R. McConnell,
Monica M. Arienzo,
Nathan Chellman,
Wendy M. Calvin

Affiliations

Kelly E. Gleason: Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute
Joseph R. McConnell: Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute
Monica M. Arienzo: Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute
Nathan Chellman: Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute
Wendy M. Calvin: Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09935-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The impacts of forest fire activity in the western US on snow melt are poorly quantified. Here the authors use satellite and field-based observations to document a four-fold increase in the solar forcing on snow in western burned forests from 1999 to 2018.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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