Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation
Published in Geophysical Research Letters, 2024
In this work, we found spring precipitation plays a vital role in explaining the descrepancy between precipitation, snowpack, and streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin during the ongoing Millennium Drought (2000-present), especially in lower elevations where potential evapotranspiration is higher during spring.
Recommended citation: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL109826