| Abstract: | Daily-to-weekly discharge during the snowmelt season is highly correlated among river basins in the upper elevations of the central and southern Sierra Nevada (Carson, Walker, Tuolumne, Merced, San Joaquin, Kings, and Kern Rivers). In many cases, the upper Sierra Nevada watershed operates in a single mode (with varying catchment amplitudes). In some years, with appropriate lags, this mode extends to distant mountains. A reason for this coherence is the broad scale nature of synoptic features in atmospheric circulation, which provide anomalous insolation and temperature forcings that span a large region, sometimes the entire western U.S. These correlations may fall off dramatically, however, in dry years when the snowpack is spatially patchy. |
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| Citation Author: | Peterson, D. H.; Smith, R. E.; Dettinger, M. D.; Cayan, D. R.; Riddle, L. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | An organized signal in snowmelt runoff over the western United States; 2000; Article; Journal; Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Peterson, D. H.; Smith, R. E.; Dettinger, M. D.; Cayan, D. R.; Riddle, L. |
| Citation Start Page: | 421 |
| Citation Volume: | 36 |
| Citation Year: | 2000 |
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| Text: | An organized signal in snowmelt runoff over the western United States; 2000; Article; Journal; Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Peterson, D. H.; Smith, R. E.; Dettinger, M. D.; Cayan, D. R.; Riddle, L. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00 -0600 |
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