U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific and Technical Information
SAIL Storm Boards 2022-2023
Abstract
“Storm Boards” are simple installations comprised of a horizontal white plastic board that is placed in situ on the surface of the snowpack with a 1 m vertical marker pole for identifying the board center and approximate new snow height. Storm boards allow newly fallen snow to accumulate on them while staying separated from moisture and energy exchange with the snowpack, thus creating a discrete sample of newly fallen snow depth & SWE (snow water equivalent) that can be measured to calculate the net moisture input of individual or multiple storm events to the seasonal snowpack.Samples are measured with a 2” diameter plastic tube that allows the observer to non destructively take a snow core of the newly deposited snow; this core is weighed with a small hand scale - then the mass of the sample is converted to SWE. Depth of the snow sample is obtained with a snow depth probe or from graduated marks on the plastic tube. 3 or more replicate samples are taken for each board measurement and averaged. Total snow height (HS) of the snowpack is measured with a snow depth probe for each site & timepoint to track snowpack accumulation/ablation.
- Publication Date:
- Other Number(s):
- ARM0819
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Research Org.:
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Collaborations:
- PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Depth of new snow; Snow water equivalent of new snow; Total height of snow on ground
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2319185
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.5439/2319185
Citation Formats
Beutler, Curtis, and Newman, Alex. SAIL Storm Boards 2022-2023. United States: N. p., 2024.
Web. doi:10.5439/2319185.
Beutler, Curtis, & Newman, Alex. SAIL Storm Boards 2022-2023. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/2319185
Beutler, Curtis, and Newman, Alex. 2024.
"SAIL Storm Boards 2022-2023". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/2319185. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2319185. Pub date:Thu Mar 07 04:00:00 UTC 2024
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title = {SAIL Storm Boards 2022-2023},
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abstractNote = {“Storm Boards” are simple installations comprised of a horizontal white plastic board that is placed in situ on the surface of the snowpack with a 1 m vertical marker pole for identifying the board center and approximate new snow height. Storm boards allow newly fallen snow to accumulate on them while staying separated from moisture and energy exchange with the snowpack, thus creating a discrete sample of newly fallen snow depth & SWE (snow water equivalent) that can be measured to calculate the net moisture input of individual or multiple storm events to the seasonal snowpack.Samples are measured with a 2” diameter plastic tube that allows the observer to non destructively take a snow core of the newly deposited snow; this core is weighed with a small hand scale - then the mass of the sample is converted to SWE. Depth of the snow sample is obtained with a snow depth probe or from graduated marks on the plastic tube. 3 or more replicate samples are taken for each board measurement and averaged. Total snow height (HS) of the snowpack is measured with a snow depth probe for each site & timepoint to track snowpack accumulation/ablation.},
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