Metrication of manual snow sampling equipment by western snow conference metrication committee

TitleMetrication of manual snow sampling equipment by western snow conference metrication committee
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference1982
AuthorsFarnes, P. E., Peterson N. R., Goodison B. E., and Richards R. P.
Conference Name50th Annual Western Snow Conference
Series TitleProceedings of the 50th Annual Western Snow Conference
Date PublishedApril 1982
PublisherWestern Snow Conference
Conference LocationReno, Nevada
KeywordsEquipment - snow surveying, Equipment - Testing, Metrication, Snow sampler, Snow surveys
Abstract

After four years of field testing, the Western Snow Conference Metrication Committee is presenting its proposal and design of two metric snow samplers.The WSC snow sampler for the deeper western snowpacks has 10.6 cm sq cutter area while the ESC-30 sampler for shallow snowpacks (up to 1 m depth) has 30 cm sq cutter area.The proposal is based on extensive field tests to compare ground truth with the standard Federal Snow Sampler, the proposed metric snow samplers, and other snow samplers. The committee developed drawings and specifications for the new metric snow samplers. The commmittee also proposes a method for converting the present standard Federal sampler into a metric sampler.

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