TY - Generic T1 - Analysis of Future Snow Conditions for the National Climate Assessment T2 - 81st Annual Western Snow Conference Y1 - 2013 A1 - Kunkel, Kenneth E. KW - climate assessment KW - projections KW - snowfall AB -

The Third National Climate Assessment Report is under development. To support this effort, regional analyses of climate conditions were conducted, focusing on both historical trends deduced from observations and future projections derived from climate model simulations. A recent project on snowfall trends generally found declining total snowfall in the western U.S. at cooperative observer sites. Since the 1990s, the area with extreme high seasonal snowfall has been well below the long-term mean. Climate model simulations show substantial future warming throughout the west. Precipitation is simulated to decrease in the Southwest and increase in the Northwest and Alaska. These results suggest future declining snowpack in the southwest.

JF - 81st Annual Western Snow Conference T3 - Proceedings of the Western Snow Conference CY - Jackson Hole, Wyoming UR - sites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/2013Kunkel.pdf ER -