SnowEx21 Time Series Snow Pits, Version 1
Data set id:
SNEX21_TS_SP
DOI: 10.5067/QIANJYJGRWOV
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial data release
Overview
The data set is a time-series of snow pit measurements obtained by the SnowEx community during the 2021 field campaign. Between November 2020 and May 2021 data from 247 snow pits were collected at 24 unique sites distributed over 4 states (CO, ID, MT, UT) throughout the Western United States. Five of the unique sites had a single visit to establish baseline conditions, while the remaining 19 sites had 3 or more repeat visits throughout the season, with a median visit count of 11.5. On a weekly interval, a snow pit was dug approximately 1 m away from the previous week’s snow pit. Available measured parameters are: snow depth, snow temperature, snow density, stratigraphy, grain size, manual wetness, liquid water content (LWC), and snow water equivalent (SWE). Also available are photos of the field notes and snow pit sites.
Parameter(s):
LIQUID WATER CONTENTMANUAL WETNESSSNOW DENSITYSNOW DEPTHSNOW GRAIN SIZESNOW/ICE TEMPERATURESNOW STRATIGRAPHYSNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS
Data Format(s):
CSV, Excel, JPEG
Temporal Coverage:
16 November 2020 to 27 May 2021
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- not applicable
- not applicable
Spatial Coverage:
N:
47.0607
S:
37.9071
E:
-105.86093
W:
-116.12351
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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