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BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Measurements
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BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Measurements

Summary:

The BOREAS HYD-03 team collected several data sets related to the hydrology of forested areas. This data set contains measurements of snow depth, snow density in 3-cm intervals, an integrated snow pack density and snow water equivalent (SWE), and snow pack physical properties from snow pit evaluation taken in 1994 and 1996. The data were collected from several sites in both the SSA and the NSA. A variety of standard tools were used to measure the snowpack properties, including a meter stick (snow depth), a 100 cc snow density cutter, a dial stem thermometer and the Canadian snow sampler as used by HYD-04 to obtain a snow pack-integrated measure of SWE. This study was undertaken to predict spatial distributions of snow properties important to the hydrology, remote sensing signatures, and the transmissivity of gases through the snow.

A guide document which includes more information about this dataset can be found at http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03sd96d/comp/HYD03_Snow_Meas.txt.

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Data Citation:

Cite these data sets as follows:

Hardy, J. P., and R. E. Davis. 1998. BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Depth Data: 1996. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/259.

Hardy, J. P., and R. E. Davis. 1998. BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Pit Measurements: 1996. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/260.

Hardy, J. P., and R. E. Davis. 1998. BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Temperature Profiles. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/261.

Hardy, J. P., and R. E. Davis. 1998. BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Water Equivalent: 1996. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/263.

Hardy, J. P., and R. E. Davis. 1998. BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Water Equivalent Data. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/262.

References:

Davis, R.E., C. Woodcock, and J.P. Hardy. 1996. Toward spatially distributed modeling of snow in the boreal forest. Eos Transactions, AGU 1995 Fall Meeting, Abstract, p. 218.

Davis, R.E., J.P. Hardy, W. Ni, C. Woodcock, C.J. McKenzie, R. Jordan, and X. Li. 1997. Variation of snow ablation in the boreal forest: A sensitivity study on the effects of conifer canopy. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24):29389-29396.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, and G.C. Winston. 1995. Evolution of factors affecting gas transmissivity of snow in the boreal forest. In: Biogeochemistry of Seasonally Snow-Covered Catchments (ed. by K. Tonnessen, M.W. Williams, and M. Tranter) (Proc. Boulder Symp., July 1995). IAHS publication no. 228, p. 51-60.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, and R. Jordan. 1996. Snow melt modeling in the boreal forest. Eos Transactions, AGU 1996 Fall Meeting, abstract, p. 196.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, and J.C. McKenzie. 1995. Snow Distribution Around Trees: Incorporation of snow interception patterns into spatially distributed snow models. Eos Transactions, AGU 1995 Fall Meeting, Abstract, p. 202.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, R. Jordan, X. Li, C. Woodcock, W. Ni, and J.C. McKenzie. 1997. Snow ablation modeling at the stand scale in a boreal jack pine forest. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24): 29397-29406.

Sellers, P. and F. Hall. 1994. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: Experiment Plan. Version 1994-3.0, NASA BOREAS Report (EXPLAN 94).

Sellers, P. and F. Hall. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: Experiment Plan. Version 1996-2.0, NASA BOREAS Report (EXPLAN 96).

Sellers, P., F. Hall, and K.F. Huemmrich. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1994 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 94).

Sellers, P., F. Hall, and K.F. Huemmrich. 1997. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1996 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 96).

Sellers, P.J., F.G. Hall, R.D. Kelly, A. Black, D. Baldocchi, J. Berry, M. Ryan, K.J. Ranson, P.M. Crill, D.P. Lettenmaier, H. Margolis, J. Cihlar, J. Newcomer, D. Fitzjarrald, P.G. Jarvis, S.T. Gower, D. Halliwell, D. Williams, B. Goodison, D.E. Wickland, F.E. Guertin. 1997. BOREAS in 1997: Experiment overview, scientific results, and future directions. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24):28731-28770.

Sellers, P., F. Hall, H. Margolis, B. Kelly, D. Baldocchi, G. den Hartog, J. Cihlar, M.G. Ryan, B. Goodison, P. Crill, K.J. Ranson, D. Lettenmaier, and D.E. Wickland. 1995. The boreal ecosystem-atmosphere study (BOREAS): an overview and early results from the 1994 field year. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(9):1549-1577.

Winston, G.C., B.B. Stephens, E.T. Sundquist, J.P. Hardy, and R.E. Davis. 1995. Seasonal variability in gas transport through snow in a boreal forest. In: Biogeochemistry of Seasonally Snow-Covered Catchments (ed. by K. Tonnessen, M.W. Williams, and M. Tranter) (Proc. Boulder Symp., July 1995). IAHS publication no. 228, p. 61-70.

Data Format:

For information on Parameter/Variable Names, Variable Description/Definition, Units of Measurement, and Data File Format see the companion file
http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03sd96d/comp/h03sd96d.def
http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03sp96d/comp/h03sp96d.def
http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03swed96d/comp/h03swed96d.def
http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h3swe96d/comp/h3swe96d.def
http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03sntmd96d/comp/h03sntmd96d.def

Document Information:

Document Revision Date:

03-Jun-1998 (data set citation revised on 13-Sep-2002)

Document Review Date:

03-Jun-1998

Document Curator:

webmaster@daac.ornl.gov

Document URL:

http://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/guides/HYD03_Snow_Meas.html

Revision Date: Wednesday, 23-Jun-2010 12:20:49 EDT