Snow weight - snow pillow

Parameter to be measured:

Snow height

Method:

Snow pillow with pressure sensor

Equipment:

Snow Pillow: for example Sommer Mess-Systemtechnik

Logger: DL2E Data Logger from DeltaT

Advantages:

• Continous measurements

Disadvantages:

• Expensive
• Effort during installation
• Antifreeze solution is hazardous to waters

Links

Projects that used the above equipment

• http://brandenburg.geoecology.uni-potsdam.de/projekte/opaque/measurement.php#snow

Other related web sites

• http://www.sommer.at/
• http://www.delta-t.co.uk/
• http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/rfc/river_forecast/aspdescr.htm
• http://snobear.colorado.edu/Markw/SnowHydro/Measuring_Snow/snow_measuring.html