Authors: Anna Grunes, Katherine Hale, Arne Bomblies, Beverley Wemple – University of Vermont; James Shanley – USGS
Title: Summit-to-Shore Snow Observatory Network in Vermont
Abstract: Here we present the design of a Summit-to-Shore observational snow network to capture the spatial heterogeneity of snowpack. This network aims to monitor snowpack characteristics and meteorological variables at a high spatial and temporal resolution across an elevational transect in the Vermont. Traditional meteorological measurements combined with detailed snowpack measurements will provide high resolution data as forcing and validation for computational snowpack models. By combining data from this observational network and remote sensing efforts, we hope to characterize snowpack evolution in response to varying forest cover, topography, and thermodynamic drivers. This will help augment knowledge of snowpack heterogeneity in the Northeast, which is an environment that is understudied with respect to snow research.