[Esip-preserve] Methodology of measuring snowfall

[Parsons, Mark]

Snow is fascinating and notoriously hard to measure. So often it depends on the observer them self. I’m reminded of a figure from Nolen Doesken’s classic handbook on snow measurement:

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cheers,

-m.
On Jan 26, 2016, at 5:21 PM, Justin Goldstein via Esip-preserve <esip-preserve at lists.esipfed.org<mailto:esip-preserve at lists.esipfed.org>> wrote:


With the major snowstorm in DC (31 inches at my place), I thought the topic of the science of measuring and collecting snowfall totals would be a timely one for our committee.  It received a writeup in the local press - for less than ideal reasons.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Why-Snow-Totals-Out-of-Washington-DC-Arent-Measuring-Up-366392841.html

Best,
Justin

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