Final Report: Modeling and Predicting Future Changes in Snowfall and Snow Cover in Alaska
Citation
Final Report: Modeling and Predicting Future Changes in Snowfall and Snow Cover in Alaska: .
Summary
Snow conditions are extremely important to a wide range of hydrologic and ecosystem components and processes, including those related to surface energy and moisture stores and fluxes, vegetation, mammals, birds, and fish. The required snow datasets currently do not exist at the required spatial and temporal resolutions needed by end users such as scientists, land managers, and policy makers.
Summary
Snow conditions are extremely important to a wide range of hydrologic and ecosystem components and processes, including those related to surface energy and moisture stores and fluxes, vegetation, mammals, birds, and fish. The required snow datasets currently do not exist at the required spatial and temporal resolutions needed by end users such as scientists, land managers, and policy makers.
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Purpose
To hold a workshop attended by ecologists, biologists, and geophysicists from a range
of agencies and universities in order to define the weather and snow information they require
to successfully do their jobs and/or enhance thei
r monitoring and research programs. Dr.
Liston will use this information to custom
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code his meteorological
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and snow
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evolution models
to ingest appropriate datasets and to produce the required outputs; all with the goal of
producing spatial maps of climate
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and snow
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related variables, for the past 30+ years, for
northern Alaska that can be used in a wide range of climate, hydrologic, and ecosystem
applications of interest to scientists, land managers, and policy makers.
Communities
Alaska CASC
National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
