Variability of Canopy Effect on Snow Accumulation and Duration across the Western United States Mountain Snow Regimes: Comparison between Open, Forest, and Canopy Gap

Sun, Ning

Variability of Canopy Effect on Snow Accumulation and Duration across the Western United States Mountain Snow Regimes: Comparison between Open, Forest, and Canopy Gap

Ning Sun¹, Hongxiang Yan¹, Mark S Wigmosta², Tian Zhou¹, Jessica D Lundquist³ and Susan E. Dickerson-Lange⁴, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directorate, Richland, WA, United States, (3)University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, (4)Natural Systems Design, Seattle, WA, United States