Snow depth data for Saddle grid, 1992 - ongoing.

The depth of snow was measured at 88 points on the saddle grid. The
500 x 350 m study area (17.5 ha) consisted of a grid of 8 rows of
stakes in an east/west direction and 11 rows of stakes in a
north/south direction (for a total of 88 stakes). The stakes were
located 50 m apart. Each stake was given a point identification
number starting with 1 in the southwest corner and progressing in an
easterly direction for each of the east/west rows so that if head of
this file represented the north compass point and the tail
represented the south compass point, then the grid would look like
this:

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 801(=80A)

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 701(=70A)

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 601(=60A)

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 501(=50A)

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 401(=40A)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 301(=30A)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 201(=20A)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 101(=10A)

Note that stakes along the east boundary of the grid, i.e. those
ending with the "A", were given new designations to
facilitate incorporation of the data into the Saddle GIS. Snow
depths at each of the stakes were recorded on a weekly to biweekly
basis throughout the period during which snow accumulation existed
on the Saddle.