SNOTEL
| Country | USA |
| Stations | 460 |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) |
| Contacts | Cara McCarthy |
| Website |
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ |
| Official References | Leavesley et al (2010), ‘A modelling framework for improved agricultural water-supply forecasting’; Leavesley, G., David, O., Garen, D., Lea, J., Marron, J., Pagano, T., Perkins, T. & Strobel, M. (2008), ‘A modeling framework for improved agricultural water supply forecasting’, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts; |
| Variables measured |
snow water equivalent precipitation soil temperature air temperature soil moisture snow depth |
| Depths of soil moisture measurements |
0.00 - 0.00 m 0.05 - 0.05 m 0.07 - 0.07 m 0.10 - 0.10 m 0.20 - 0.20 m 0.27 - 0.27 m 0.30 - 0.30 m 0.35 - 0.35 m 0.40 - 0.40 m 0.45 - 0.45 m 0.50 - 0.50 m 0.60 - 0.60 m 0.81 - 0.81 m 0.93 - 0.93 m 0.99 - 0.99 m 1.01 - 1.01 m |
| Soil Moisture sensors used |
Hydraprobe Analog (5.0 Volt) Hydraprobe Digital Sdi-12 (2.5 Volt) Hydraprobe Analog (2.5 Volt) n.s. |
| Data availability | from 1980-10-01 to 2024-04-18 |
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