Sierras
____ determines the amount of water available in the snow.
What is Snow water equivalent (SWE)?
This positive feedback drives faster and earlier snowmelt in mountainous regions across the globe.
What is the Snow-Albedo Feedback?
These two mountain ranges border the Eastern and Western Sides of Idaho.
What are the Rockies and Cascades?
Percent of days in a year snow cover is present.
What is Snow Cover Frequency?
The IPCC adopted a greenhouse gas concentration (not emissions) trajectory.
What is a Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)?
This term refers to any sooty material that is emitted from gas and diesel engines, coal-fired power plants, and other sources that burn fossil fuel.
What is black carbon?
Western states have seen an almost 40% decrease in snowfall, equating to nearly ______ less recreation days.
What is 40?
Average winter temperatures are greater than or equal to 0o C
What is At-Risk Snow?
The Sierra Nevada provide ______ % of California's water needs.
What is 30%?
Albedo changes in South Chile were mainly caused by this?
What are wood burning stoves?
Implementing forest protection plans and not expanding more ski runs would help mitigate climate change because forests are ______ help mitigate climate change.
What are carbon sinks?
It is estimated that ____% of runoff in the Colorado watershed goes to ET losses for Agriculture.
What is 67%
The annual revenue generated by the snow industry in the United States is approximately _________.
What is 20 billion dollars?
In 2023, Dust deposition caused the Wasatch snowpack to disappear this many days earlier than if no dust had been deposited on the snow.
What is 17 days?
Upwards of _____ in annual revenue fuels Sun Valley's Tourism.
What is $475 million?
Dynamic downscaling results in a ______ Climate Model.
What is Regional?
Since _____ has Central Sierra Snow Lab (CSSL) maintained one of the world's longest continuous snow depth records.
What is 1879?
Albedo changes from dust deposition have shifted this three weeks earlier, which concerns water resource managers.
What is peak normalized runoff?
Winter sports boost the nationwide economy by more than ____.
What is $4 billion?
Relationships are applied to future projections.
What is statistical downscaling?