Taking Measurements of Snowpack (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Taking Measurements of Snowpack

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Willem van Leeuwen, a University of Arizona professor of natural resources and the environment, measures snowpack in a "snow pit" along Arizona's Mogollon Rim during a snow survey in 2017. He is taking snow samples at different locations in the snowpack to make precise measurements of snow water equivalent (the amount of water that would result if the snowpack is melted). The measurements also review the history of the snowpack -- what kinds of storms led to the snowpack and what happened to it between storms.

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Patrick Broxton, copyright 2017

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