Effects of snow accumulation and melt captured in precipitation data (1981 to 2010 average).

Effects of snow accumulation and melt captured in precipitation data (1981 to 2010 average). Adjusted precipitation shows precipitation that can infiltrate soil by accounting for snowmelt. The unadjusted precipitation represents raw data and captures rain and snow (converted to snow water equivalency). Panel (a) illustrates precipitation data (raw data capturing rain and snow) minus adjusted (precipitation that can infiltrate soil by accounting for snowmelt) precipitation (March). Panel (b) illustrates how snow water equivalency is released during spring melt. The three histograms (panels [c–e]), correspond to the map and show mean differences of unadjusted and adjusted precipitation within example watersheds, which demonstrates the importance of considering snowmelt. Source: O'Donnell and Manier, Land: https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101856).