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Snowmelt timing alters shallow but not deep soil moisture in the Sierra Nevada
- Manipulates the timing of seasonal snowmelt in a high-elevation mixed-conifer forest in a Mediterranean climate during consecutive wet and dry years to understand how snowmelt timing effects soil water availability during the summer in terms of depth and persistence
- Finds the hydrological signal of snowmelt timing was strongest in shallow soil
- Finds that the effects of snowmelt timing on soil moisture lasted 2–4 months
- Finds that advancing snowmelt timing by 2–3 weeks depleted shallow soil water by one third
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