Modeling
What Happened this Winter – Thoughts and Perspective
By: Zach Butler As we transition into spring with temperatures warming and snow melting, it is hard to believe what happened this season in the Western United States. The West saw snow drought conditions with record low snow in many areas. Despite the West seeing low snow conditions, the Eastern United States celebrated a good…
Read MoreAnnouncing mountainsnow.org!
From the beginning, Community Snow Observations (CSO) was focused on collaboration and on the idea that scientists, snow professionals, and snow enthusiasts could work together to improve our knowledge of snow distribution and changes in snow. Thousands of you have jointly submitted over 15,000 snow depth measurements toward this goal and our analysis has shown…
Read MoreUsing Citizen Science Snow Depth Measurements in Snowpack Modeling
After snow depth measurements are recorded by CSO participants, we’ve developed a way to integrate those observations into the process of snowpack modeling. Snow models use data from weather stations and landscape characteristics to build a snowpack during the winter and melt it away when the weather gets warmer in spring and summer.
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