Cryobs-Clim-CDP / Col de Porte : a meterological and snow observatory

The Col de Porte observatory is located near Grenoble in Chartreuse massif and is dedicated to study interactions between the cryosphere and the atmosphere at medium altitude. The site is managed by Météo-France (CNRM/CEN).The experimental site and related instrumentation are described in details in Morin et al., 2012 and Lejeune et al. (2018). Hourly meteorological data from in situ measurements (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.MetInsitu) and from meteorological reanalysis (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.MetSafran) are provided along with measured snow properties (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.HourlySnow) and snow profiles (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.SnowProfile) and measured solar radiation masks (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.SolarMask) and soil properties (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.Soil). The daily snow and meteorological dataset covers the 1960-2017 period (CRYOBSCLIM.CDP.2018.MetSnowDaily).
Snowpack models and atmospheric models have been evaluated at this site. Finally, Col de Porte is a target site to evaluate Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models in alpine terrain.
Cryobs-Clim-CDP is a Cryonet site of Global Cryosphere Watch (WMO), a member of the International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH) and a part of OZCAR Infrastructure.