Multiscale observations of snow accumulation and peak snowpack following widespread, insectinduced lodgepole pine mortality
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Joel A. Biederman,* P. D. Brooks, A. A. Harpold, D. J. Gochis, E. Gutmann, D. E. Reed, E. Pendall and B. E. Ewers 1 SAHRA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0158, USA 2 Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0011, USA 3 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA 4 National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA 5 Department of Atmospheric Science and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA 6 Department of Botany and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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