Relating variation of dust on snow to bare soil dynamics in the western United States

The deposition of desert dust to mountain snow directly impacts the hydrologic cycle and water resource management through the depression of snow albedo and acceleration of snowmelt. However, the key processes that control the variation of dust deposition to snow are poorly understood. Here we relat...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Junran Li, Gregory S Okin, S McKenzie Skiles, Thomas H Painter
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Subjects:	remote sensing snow hydrology desert dust water resource management vegetation dynamics
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044054