Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment: How Sierra Nevada Snowpack Confounds Central Valley Groundwater Readings
June 06, 2023
June 06, 2023
STANFORD, California, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release:
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Scientists have long suspected that the weight of snow and ice in nearby mountains could throw off groundwater assessments tied to elevation changes in California's Central Valley, but they lacked a way to quantify the effect. A new study demonstrates a solution.
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Billions of tons of snow piled atop the Si . . .
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Scientists have long suspected that the weight of snow and ice in nearby mountains could throw off groundwater assessments tied to elevation changes in California's Central Valley, but they lacked a way to quantify the effect. A new study demonstrates a solution.
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Billions of tons of snow piled atop the Si . . .