THE X-SNOW PROJECT
PROTOCOLS AND DATA SHEET
Tier 1
This is the simplest and most intuitive protocol to collect basic information on snow.
Tier 2
Tier 2 elevates Tier 1 Sampling through the collection of multiple basic snow measurements to create a transect to understand snow uniformity in an area
Tier 3
Tier 3
In addition to the basic snow measurements collected in Tier1 or Tier 2 Sampling, samplers collect albedo and snow water equivalent (swe) measurements and look at snowflake & snow grain size and type.
USEFUL LINKS AND PARTNERS
MESONET snow stations
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (COCORAHS)
MOUNTAIN RAIN OR SNOW (NASA CitSci Project!)
The New York State Mesonet operates a sub-network of snowpack monitoring stations across select areas of the Adirondacks, Tug Hill, and Catskills. These "Snow" stations specifically measure snow depth and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE). Snow depth is measured every 5 minutes, and SWE is estimated over a 6-hour period with observations provided up to four times daily..
MOUNTAIN RAIN OR SNOW (NASA CitSci Project!)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (COCORAHS)
MOUNTAIN RAIN OR SNOW (NASA CitSci Project!)
Mountain Rain or Snow asks you to tell them about rain and snow near you to support better weather and water resources forecasting. Your reports of precipitation type sent through the project’s smartphone browser tool will help scientists understand where current technology falls short.
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (COCORAHS)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (COCORAHS)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (COCORAHS)
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, is a network of volunteer weather observers in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas that take daily readings of precipitation and report them to a central data store over the Internet. The program is an example of citizen science.