Waiting for the snow to melt…
This is a map of temporal variability in accumulated snow-free growing potential (snow-free growing degree days, SFGDD) for the Upper Gunnison domain, derived from daily maximum air temperature maps interpolated from weather station and microclimate sensor data combined with Landsat-derived estimates of the timing of seasonal snowpack departure and onset. The original daily maps are also available. Snow-free growing degree-days were accumulated from day-of-year 60 to day-of-year 305 (March 1st to November 1st in a non-leap year). To compute growing degree days, daily estimates of temperatures above a base of 5 degrees Celcius (the minimum growth threshold for many plants) were summed across all days estimated to be free of snow. Because snowpack insulates the ground surface and soil from the atmosphere, this estimate can be a more appropriate measure of the energy available for biological processes in snow-dominated climates. This map represents the standard deviation of annual values computed from 2002 to 2021. Estimates for individual years are also available.
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