CSU Project #: 5-33880
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Primary Investigator: Dr. Glen E. Liston
Co-Investigator(s): Dr. Christopher A. Hiemstra
Start Date: September 1st, 2009
End Date: August 31st, 2015

• Engage the agencies and groups currently monitoring Arctic snow, while working with them to identify gaps while integrating all existing stations into a comprehensive network.
• Work with the agencies to find solutions that can sustain at-risk parts of the network beyond typical three-year funding cycles.
• Develop a community-owned Data Portal where all U.S. and Canadian Arctic snow measurements and value-added products can be obtained.
• Develop user-friendly tools to be placed on the Data Portal that allow wider and more efficient use of the data.
• Continue technological development of several promising tools (LiDAR, rotating ultrasonic sensors, etc.) that will allow for more accurate, less expensive, and more widely distributed measurements of depth, SWE, and winter precipitation.
• Ensure that these and other promising technological developments are brought back to the agencies and groups monitoring snow in order to increase network efficiency and coverage.

  ** No Progress Report **