We broadly ask, how do snowpack heterogeneity and snow water storage influence seasonal to annual water availability, water quality, and water use across spatial scales, across climates, and as warming transforms alpine to ephemeral snowpacks? 

Examples of current projects:

• Implementing snow water storage metrics and directional statistics to characterize snowpack and streamflow seasonality

• Physically based modeling, including data assimilation, to improve Alaska snow water equivalent assessments (SWE) over NASA SnowEx interior Alaska study domains

• Using an operational snowpack energy balance model to improve snowmelt-derived streamflow forecasting in areas vulnerable to rain-on-snow flooding and early season melt (e.g., Metro Vancouver, Northeastern United States)

• Evaluating the impacts and trends of atmospheric rivers on snow in the Coast Mountains

• Assessing snowpack trends using in-situ and remote sensing observations while identifying monitoring gaps and discrepancies across British Columbia

Current laboratory funding sources:

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

• Canada Foundation for Innovation

• BC Parks