Snow Pit Data

Snow Pit data acquired from manual snow pits following protocols and symbology from the International Classification for Snow on the Ground (see document attached titled IntClassificationSnowOnGround.pdf) collected during the Sublimation of Snow (SOS) field project. Snow pits were dug approximately every 24 to 48 hours from 6 January to 16 March 2023. The main measurements taken from each snow pit included total snow depth, surface temperature, snow temperature (every 10 cm), snow density (10 cm average), snow crystal size, snow crystal type, and layer hardness. See the readme file for more detail.

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  • Begin:  2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
    End:  2023-03-16T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2023-03-16T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 38.95833
Bounding Box South Lat 38.95833
Bounding Box West Long -106.98905
Bounding Box East Long -106.98905
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Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : IntClassificationSnowOnGround.pdf

Documentation #2 : SOS_Snowpits_README.txt
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Resource Format PDF: Portable Document Format (application/pdf)
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Asset Size 4 MB
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Author Daniel Hogan ORCID icon
Eli Schwat ORCID icon
Jessica D. Lundquist ORCID icon
Ethan Gutmann ORCID icon
Julie Vano ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2023-12-01T20:44:11
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/F9RZ-S4KH-Y60J
Alternate Identifier 633.003
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2026-03-25T15:06:40Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::633.003
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Daniel Hogan, Eli Schwat, Jessica D. Lundquist, Ethan Gutmann, Julie Vano. (2023). Snow Pit Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/F9RZ-S4KH-Y60J. Accessed 26 March 2026.

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