Additional SWE Resources

• Western Snow Conference
• California Cooperative Snow Survey
• SNOTEL Data Network

Image courtesy of Thomas Painter, NSIDC

Emerald Lake/Tokopah Basin, California

These data were collected during the 1997 and 1998 ablation seasons (April - June). Snow depth was sampled on a 240 m grid over the 1900 hectare Tokopah Basin, Sequoia National Park, California. Snow density was sampled in snow pits distributed randomly around the basin. Some of the surveys contain direct measurements of snow water equivalence made with Federal (Mt. Rose) samplers.

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Green Lakes Valley, Colorado

These data were collected near maximum accumulation (mid-May) during each ablation season between 1997 and 2003. The study area is in the 2.25 km² Green Lake Valley, adjacent to the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) study area in Colorado, USA. Snow depth was sampled on an approximate 50 m grid with locations estimated from a topographic map (1997) or obtained using GPS (1998-2003). Snow density was sampled in snow pits distributed around the basin.

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BOREAS: Saskatchewan/Manitoba, Canada

The BOREAS HYD-03 team collected several data sets related to the hydrology of forested areas. This data set contains measurements of snow depth, snow density in three cm intervals, an integrated snow pack density and SWE, and snow pack physical properties from snow pit evaluation taken in 1994 and 1996. The data were collected from several sites in both the SSA and the NSA.

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Cold Lands Processes Experiment (CLPX)

The experiment was conducted in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado, in the western United States. Large physiographic gradients provided a rich array of different terrain, snow, soil, and ecological characteristics to examine. Intensive ground, airborne, and spaceborne observations were collected. Data collection focused on two seasons: mid-winter, when conditions are generally frozen and dry, and early spring, a transitional period when both frozen and thawed, dry and wet conditions are widespread.

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Mammoth Mountain Cooperative Snow Study Site

These data were acquired from snowpits dug at the Mammoth Mountain Energy Balance Monitoring site. Depth and snow-water-equivalent data were recorded. Data were acquired from snowpits dug at the Mammoth Mountain Energy Balance Monitoring site. Depth and snow-water-equivalent data were recorded.

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Hubbard Brook, Vermont

Snow course data have been collected approximately weekly at a network of standard rain gages at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest from 1956 to the present when there was snow on the ground.

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Sleeper's Creek, Vermont

Waters sampled include precipitation, snow pack, snow melt water (from snow melt lysimeters), zero-tension soil water (three depths), ground water (many depths), and stream water (seven sites).

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Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed

Snow water equivalence was measured at eight locations in the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed every two weeks throughout the snow season (December 1 to June 1) for 35 years (1962-1996).