Catch or Release? Sensitivity of Extreme Rain-on-Snow Responses to Snowpack Mass and Energy Balances in California’s Northern Sierra Nevada, USA

Lisa Jane Katz1, Adrian Adam Harpold2, Michael D Dettinger3, Stephen A. Drake4, Keith Steven Jennings4 and Seshadri Rajagopal5, (1)University of Nevada Reno, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, CA, United States, (2)University of Nevada Reno, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, NV, United States, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (5)Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States