Historical evolution of snowpack capacity to buffer rain-on-snow runoff in a large Columbia River headwaters basin

Brown, Joel; Harper, Joel

doi:10.5194/hess-30-5735-2026

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10 Sep 2026

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Historical evolution of snowpack capacity to buffer rain-on-snow runoff in a large Columbia River headwaters basin

Joel Brown and Joel Harper

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