TY - Generic T1 - Soil Type and Site Location Impacts on Soil Moisture Data Collection at High-Elevation SNOTEL Sites T2 - 73rd Annual Western Snow Conference Y1 - 2005 A1 - Julaner, R.P. A1 - Holcombe, J. KW - NRCS, SNOTEL, soil moisture sensors, soil profile, topographic convergence, elevation AB -

The Natural Resources Conservation Service has recently begun the installation of soil moisture sensors at SNOTEL sites in the western United States in an effort to better characterize watershed hydrology pertaining to snowmelt runoff. Most research in the movement of water through a soil profile has been done in agricultural settings where topography is relatively flat, vegetation is relatively homogenous, and soils are typically fine textured and deep. This paper attempts to document some of the anomalies encountered in soil moisture data from mountainous sites and link them to potential site physical characteristics such as topographic convergence or divergence, distance to bedrock, and elevation, as well as soil type and texture.

JF - 73rd Annual Western Snow Conference T3 - Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Western Snow Conference PB - Western Snow Conference CY - Great Falls, MT UR - sites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/2005JulanderA.pdf ER -