Fieldwork
SnowPilot: An easy way to plot and share snowpit data
SnowPilot is open-source, free software that allows users to graph, record, and share database snowpit information.
Read MoreData in Remote Environments
Post by Aaron Hartz about fieldwork and data collection.
Read MoreDust on Snow
In the Western US, the primary aerosol that darkens the snow and accelerates melt is dust, the deposition rates of which have increased dramatically since modern settlement of the West.
Read MoreStories in the Snow
Stories in the Snow is a citizen science program led by the Desert Research Institute that involves students and community members in taking pictures of freshly-fallen snow crystals.
Read MoreSnow deeper than your probe?!
Here’s how you can get around the problem and still submit an accurate snowpack depth measurement!
Read MoreStream Tracker Citizen Science Project
Stream Tracker, like Community Snow Obs, is a community monitoring network. However, instead of snow depths, project members focus their observations on intermittent streams—streams that do not always have flowing water.
Read MoreLiving Snow Project
The Living Snow Project (LSP) is a citizen science program housed at Western Washington University that studies “watermelon snow,” or snow algae.
Read MoreGlacier Phenology
In the past, I’ve associated the concept of phenology with flowers and trees undergoing seasonal transformations from buds to blooms. However, conducting research on the Easton Glacier the past several months for my Masters thesis has shown me the remarkably striking ways at which mountain-scapes, too, change with the seasons.
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone Microclimates and Citizen Science in the Tetons
The snow line in the southern Tetons climbs visibly higher each day as if the 17/18 ski season is waving us goodbye. Bare ground was present within Jackson’s city limits for most of the winter, but the Snake River basin’s snow water equivalent (SWE) stacked up to 112 % of the running average (calculated by the Natural Resource conservation Service, NRCS).
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