Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months.
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- noun An accumulation of
packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
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Examples
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Examples: water – droughts and floods, changes in snowpack, river stream flow, fire outlooks, and planning issues (urban, agriculture, health).
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Examples: water – droughts and floods, changes in snowpack, river stream flow, fire outlooks, and planning issues (urban, agriculture, health).
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To be fair, I think it did snow up in the mountains, although snowpack is well down this year.
Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010
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As more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, an 80% decline in the Sierra snowpack is predicted, creating statewide water shortage in late spring and summer.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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“Over the last 50 years, there have been widespread temperature related reductions in snowpack in the West, with the larges reductions occurring in lower elevation mountains in the Northwest and California where snowfall occurs at temperatures close to the freezing point,” noted the report, which projected further snow runoff reductions in coming years.
Wonk Room » California Republicans Will Use Any Excuse Other Than Climate Change To Explain Drought 2009
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Examples: water – droughts and floods, changes in snowpack, river stream flow, fire outlooks, and planning issues (urban, agriculture, health).
AGU Day 1 part B: The growing need for climate services | Serendipity 2009
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As more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, an 80% decline in the Sierra snowpack is predicted, creating statewide water shortage in late spring and summer.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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As more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, an 80% decline in the Sierra snowpack is predicted, creating statewide water shortage in late spring and summer.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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As more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, an 80% decline in the Sierra snowpack is predicted, creating statewide water shortage in late spring and summer.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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As more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, an 80% decline in the Sierra snowpack is predicted, creating statewide water shortage in late spring and summer.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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