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Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalents at Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1960-01-04

Citation

Chalmers, A.T., Shanley, J.B., Denner, J.C., and Clark, S.F., 2019, Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalents at Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont: U. S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NMQX70.

Summary

Snow depth and snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements have been made at Sleepers River Research Watershed starting in 1960. Initial snowpack measurements were made by the Agricultural Research Service joined by the National Weather Service in 1966. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory started measuring the snowpack in 1979, followed by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993 to the present. Measurements started at 2 sites, increased to 13 sites in the 1980s and currently includes 9 sites. Sites range in elevation from 200 to 670 meters and are in a mix of fields and small openings in forests. Snow measurements are made with a fiberglass Adirondack snow tube with aluminum teeth at the tip, tapered slightly inward to retain [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Ann T Chalmers, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Ann T Chalmers, James B Shanley, Jon Denner, Stewart F Clark
Metadata Contact :
Ann T Chalmers, U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
New England Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Land Resources
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Sleepers snow metadata.xml
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View 		14.2 KB application/fgdc+xml
Snowcourse description.csv 1.71 KB text/csv
Sleepers snow 1960-2019 datarelease.csv 925.85 KB text/csv

Purpose

A long-term record of snow depth and snow water equivalent is being collected to evaluate trends in the snowpack. Of particular interest are the effects of changing climate on snowpack amounts and duration. The snowpack acts as a natural storage of water; changes in snowpack have wide ranging impacts including, changes in streamflow, groundwater levels, soil moisture, and solar radiation (snow-albedo feedback).

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9NMQX70

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