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JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 320-329Publisher
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM877.1
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Earth Observing System
- Airborne Science
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Global Programs
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Remote Sensing
- U.S. Army Basic Research
- U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS)
- National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation
- National Assembly for Wales
- Strategic Research Investment Fund
- Cardiff University
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A field measurement program was undertaken as part NASA's Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX). Extensive snowpack and soil measurements were taken at field sites in Colorado over four study periods during the two study years (2002 and 2003). Measurements included snow depth, density, temperature, grain type and size, surface wetness, surface roughness, and canopy cover. Soil moisture measurements were made in the near-surface layer in snow pits. Measurements were taken in the Fraser valley, North Park, and Rabbit Ears Pass areas of Colorado. Sites were chosen to gain a wide representation of snowpack types and physiographies typical of seasonally snow-covered regions of the world. The data have been collected with rigorous protocol to ensure consistency and quality, and they have undergone several levels of quality assurance to produce a high-quality spatial dataset for continued cold lands hydrological research. The dataset is archived at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado.
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