Accession Number:

AD1167729

Title:

Summary of Ground-Based Snow Measurements for the Northeastern United States

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Special Report]

Corporate Author:

Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)

Personal Author(s):

• Engel, Chandler S.
• Hastings, Rachel L.
• Giovando, Jeremy J.
• Gabel, Eric P.
• Duncan, Caroline R.
• Dahl, Travis A.

Report Date:

2022-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

71

Abstract:

Snow is an important resource for both communities and ecosystems of the Northeastern United States. Both flood risk management and water supply forecasts for major municipalities, including New York City, depend on the collection of snowpack information. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to summarize all of the snowpack data from ground-based networks currently available in the Northeast. The collection of snow-depth and snow water equivalent information extends back several decades, and there are over 2,200 active sites across the region. Sites are distributed across the entire range of elevations in the region. The number of locations collecting snow information has increased substantially in the last 20 years, primarily from the expansion of the CoCoRaHS Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network. Our summary of regional snow measurement locations provides a foundation for future studies and analysis, including a template for other regions of the United States.

Descriptors:

• climate change
• environmental protection
• drainage basins
• gamma rays
• ecology
• measurement
• geography
• new england
• water resources
• weather stations
• natural resources
• ticks
• united states
• water supplies
• engineers
• flood control
• floods

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost
• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]