TY - JOUR
T1 - How well are we measuring snow
T2 - The NOAA/FAA/NCAR winter precipitation test bed
AU - Rasmussen, Roy
AU - Baker, Bruce
AU - Kochendorfer, John
AU - Meyers, Tilden
AU - Landolt, Scott
AU - Fischer, Alexandre P.
AU - Black, Jenny
AU - Thériault, Julie M.
AU - Kucera, Paul
AU - Gochis, David
AU - Smith, Craig
AU - Nitu, Rodica
AU - Hall, Mark
AU - Ikeda, Kyoko
AU - Gutmann, Ethan
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) work together at the NCAR Marshall Field Site to understand the relative accuracies of different instrumentation, gauges, and windshield configurations to measure snowfall and other solid precipitation. Total solid precipitation and liquid equivalent snowfall rate are conventionally measured using precipitation gauges installed above the surface of the ground. Volumetric or non-weighing precipitation gauges catch falling snow in a collector. This collector is removed, the snow melted, and poured into a graduated cylinder for measurement. The timing and magnitude of snow events and persistence of SWE from the two methods at the Marshall Field Site test bed are fairly consistent. Measuring and modeling the airflow around shield gauge pairs has increased the researcher's understanding of the impact of wind shields on the airflow around the gauge. 32.
AB - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) work together at the NCAR Marshall Field Site to understand the relative accuracies of different instrumentation, gauges, and windshield configurations to measure snowfall and other solid precipitation. Total solid precipitation and liquid equivalent snowfall rate are conventionally measured using precipitation gauges installed above the surface of the ground. Volumetric or non-weighing precipitation gauges catch falling snow in a collector. This collector is removed, the snow melted, and poured into a graduated cylinder for measurement. The timing and magnitude of snow events and persistence of SWE from the two methods at the Marshall Field Site test bed are fairly consistent. Measuring and modeling the airflow around shield gauge pairs has increased the researcher's understanding of the impact of wind shields on the airflow around the gauge. 32.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84861748930
U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00052.1
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00052.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861748930
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 93
SP - 811
EP - 829
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 6
ER -