Aspect controls on the spatial redistribution of snow water equivalence through the lateral flow of liquid water in a subalpine catchment

Mooney, Kori L.; Webb, Ryan W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2507-2025

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2507-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2507-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

Research article

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14 Jul 2025

Research article |

| 14 Jul 2025

Aspect controls on the spatial redistribution of snow water equivalence through the lateral flow of liquid water in a subalpine catchment

Kori L. Mooney and Ryan W. Webb

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2507-2025-supplement

Data sets

Dry Lake Watershed, CO Ryan Webb http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/4aff38a0cbb24456be4e99987e808abb

Dry Lake Transect Snow Depth 2023 Ryan Webb and Kori Mooney https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.1347210139a945048a1a3ecd93f81dd2

Dry Lake Observed Density 2023 Ryan Webb and Kori Mooney https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.8e87b814ce7541e68f9c2a12a9882c09

Dry Lake Ground Penetrating Radar TWT 2023 Ryan Webb and Kori Mooney https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.b84c4fe4a4d04e77ade1bbae4a0c74f3

SNOTEL site number 457 United States, US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/nwcc/site?sitenum=457

Short summary

This study observes the movement of snow water equivalence (SWE) during mid-winter surface melt and spring snowmelt periods. We observed that the south-facing slope that experienced mid-winter surface melt events showed meltwater flowing downslope through the snow. The north-facing slope saw a similar redistribution of meltwater during the spring snowmelt period.