Winter Ecology Results
Snow redistribution, Niwot Ridge [MRS/Niwot LTER]

SNOWPACK FIELD DAY RESULTS

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Snow:
Lecture, Prep, Field, Analysis & Results



Current Weather & Forecasts

Results - Snowpack - updated 2/16/12

    2012
    1/21/12
    • Snowpack profile
      • Profile graph and C1 Snotel & climate data (pdf, 160k)
        • Can you interpret the pit results with respect to precipitation and temperature records?  Such as:
        • Occurrence of
          • TG, ET, WM snow
          • Crusts
          • Layers
      • Datasheets (pdf, 1M)
    • Winter weather record up through Snowpit day (pdf , 400k)
      • C1 new snowfall, precipitation, and temperature record - from Jen Morse

    2012 Pit Profiles
    profile
    2011
    1/15/11
    • Snowpack profile datasheets (pdf, 700k)
    • Winter weather record up through Snowpit day (pdf , 400k)
      • C1 new snowfall, precipitation, and temperature record - from Kurt Chowanski
      • Note: The last 2 pages ask for your interpretation
    • Results composite handout (pdf)
    • Selected snowpit pix:
    click images to enlarge
    2011 Deep Pit
    Deep snowpit
    (pack depth=101cm)

    Shallow pit
    Very shallow snowpit
    (pack depth=39cm)


    2011 Middle snowpit Layers
    Forest snowpit
    (pack depth=52cm)


    [photos TKittel]


    2010 1/23/10 click image to enlarge

    [photo TKittel]
    2009 2/08/09
    • Snowpack profile datasheets (pdf, 700k)
    • Blackboard  graphs (Forest, OpenShallow, OpenDeep sites: jpg's, 800k - c/o Sara Fairchild)
    • 2008-09 Winter weather record up through Snowpit day - C1 new snow and temperature record (charts: pdf, 40k - data: xls, 70k) - from Kurt Chowanski

    2008 2/10/08
    • Snowpack profile datasheets (pdf, 720k), blackboard  graphs (jpg, 3M - c/o Kurt Chowanski)
    • Pit 1 T profile plots (pdf, 200k) & data (xls, 40k)

    2006 2/19/06
    2005 Spring '05 snowpack profile datasheets (pdf, 380k)





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Previous links -- No longer open access (password required): Mark Williams's Snow Hydrology course page on snowpack

rev.  16 Feb 12