Could increased summer rains save mountain ecosystems as snow disappears?
Jessica D Lundquist1, Sarah B Kapnick2, Melissa Wrzesien3, Kristen Lani Rasmussen4, Laura M Hinkelman5, Jeff Dozier6, Tamlin Pavelsky3 and Michael T Durand7, (1)University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)Univ of WA-JISAO, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)University of California, Mammoth Lakes, CA, United States, (7)The Ohio State University, School of Earth Science and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH, United States