5. Acknowledgements
We thank Connor Lockwood and Chris Sunblade for field assistance and Tim
Fegel and Kristen Otto for lab assistance, and Rocky Mountain National
Park for site access and the Rocky Mountain Research Station for use of
their lab facilities. This material is based on work suppported by the
National Science Foundation EAR grant numbers 1632798 and 1945504,
Department of Energy SBR grant number 0000241776, and a NASA National
Earth and Space Science Fellowship awarded to Alex Brooks. Data and
relevant scripts are publically available on CUAHSI Hydroshare
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