Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (USDA Forest Service): Snow Depth Measurements, 1955 - present

Snow measurements have been collected approximately
weekly during the winter season using transects adjacent to
the established network of standard rain gages from 1956 to
the present. Maximum snow depth, water content and snow cover
duration data are recorded at points along a transect known
as a “snow course”, which includes 10 points spaced at 2-m
intervals within a designated 0.25 ha area. Data from one
course are averaged for each collection date and snow water
content is scaled up to a whole watershed value. 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.