Snow sampling equipment for granular and crusted snow in New England

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TitleSnow sampling equipment for granular and crusted snow in New England
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference1940
AuthorsBean, P. W., and Bendtsen F. A.
Conference Name8th Annual Western Interstate Snow Survey Conference
Series TitleProceedings of the 8th Annual Western Interstate Snow Survey Conference
Date PublishedJune 1940
PublisherAmerican Geophysical Union, Transactions, Part III-B:
Conference LocationSeattle, Washington
KeywordsSnow survey network, Snow survey sampling tubes
Abstract

A system of 50 permanent snow stations was developed in 1937 in the Androscoggin Valley in New Hampshire and Maine for measuring snow cover to predict the rate and amount of spring runoff. Three or four samples of snow are obtained in a snow sampler with a 3-inch inside diameter and a cutter of 2.65 inches diameter. The samples are weighed and the water content recorded. The size and shape of the snow crystals are determined with a microscope. The thickness of the ice on the ground and conditions of ground are recorded. The snow temperature at 10 inches depth is measured. The 50 inch snow sampler used in these tests has been found superior to the Mount Rose Sampler for coarse New England snow.Discussion by Dr. J.E. Church and Kenneth L. Roberts is included.
URLsites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/1940aBean.pdf