C006
Advances in Observation and Modeling of Forest Snow Processes I

Monday, 7 December 2020: 05:30-06:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Tobias Jonas, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Conveners:  Lundquist Jessica, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States and Adrian Adam Harpold, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, NV, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tobias Jonas, SLF / WSL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Chairs:  Adrian Adam Harpold, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, NV, United States, Lundquist Jessica, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States and Tobias Jonas, SLF / WSL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
OSPA Liaison:  Lundquist Jessica, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States
05:30
Introductory Remarks
05:34
Quantifying canopy-intercepted snow mass from tree sway observations: a demonstration over six winters in a subalpine coniferous forest (686726)
Mark S Raleigh, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Ethan D Gutmann, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and John T Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United States
05:42
Assessing the performance of CLM5 to simulate forest snow processes using multi-sensor datasets (728698)
Johanna Malle1,2, Nick Rutter1, Clare Webster2, Giulia Mazzotti2, Leanne Mary Wake1 and Tobias Jonas3, (1)Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, (2)WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, (3)SLF / WSL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
05:50
Toward a physically based canopy metric for estimating snow accumulation in forests (743185)
Cob Staines, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology and Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
05:58
Towards Improved Representation of Forest Snow Processes at Coarse Model Resolutions: Lessons Learnt from Upscaling Hyper-Resolution Simulations (697871)
Giulia Mazzotti1, Clare Webster1, Richard Essery2, Johanna Malle3 and Tobias Jonas1, (1)WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, (2)University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (3)Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
06:06
Forest fires decrease the volume of snow-water storage and advance the timing of snowmelt across the western U.S. (764589)
Emily Smoot and Kelly Gleason, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
06:14
Coevolution of Snowpack and Tree Growth in a Mediterranean Montane Forest (736386)
Sebastian A. Krogh, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, United States, Louis Graup, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Patrick D Broxton, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, Christina (Naomi) Tague, UC Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Adrian Adam Harpold, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, NV, United States
06:22
Ranking Forest Effects on Snow Storage: A Hierarchical Framework To Support Forest Management (696666)
Susan E. Dickerson-Lange, Natural Systems Design, Seattle, WA, United States, Lundquist Jessica, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, Julie A. Vano, Aspen Global Change Institute, Basalt, CO, United States and Rolf Gersonde, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA, United States
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