Snow depth, soil frost depth and snow water content along an elevation gradient at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

Snow depth, soil frost depth and snow water content have been measured
at several locations at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF).
In October 2010, as part of a study of the relationships between snow
depth, soil freezing and nutrient cycling
(http://www.ecostudies.org/people_sci_groffman_snow_summary.html), we
established 6 20 x 20-m plots (intensive plots) and 14 10 x 10-m plots
(extensive plots) following an elevation gradient, with eight of the
plots facing north and twelve facing south. Snow depth, soil frost and
snow water content were measured at approximately biweekly intervals
on these plots from the first snowfall through the end of the
snowmelt. Snow and frost depth, and snow water content sampling
started in December 2010 and is ongoing.

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
(HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.