Articles | Volume 21, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5427-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5427-2017
Research article
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06 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2017

Forest impacts on snow accumulation and ablation across an elevation gradient in a temperate montane environment

Travis R. Roth and Anne W. Nolin

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Maritime snowpacks are temperature sensitive and experience disproportionate effects of climate warming and changing forest cover. We studied the combined effects of forest cover, climate variability, and elevation on snow in a maritime montane environment. The dense, relatively warm forests at Low and Mid sites impede snow accumulation through increased canopy snow interception and increased energy inputs to the snowpack. These results are needed for improved forest cover model representation.