New York State (NYS) Mesonet Snow Network
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/612.038

Summary
The New York State Mesonet operates a sub-network of snowpack monitoring
stations across select areas of the Adirondacks, Tug Hill, and Catskills.
These "Snow" stations specifically measure snow depth and Snow Water
Equivalent (SWE). Snow depth is measured every 5 minutes, and SWE is estimated
over a 6-hour period with observations provided up to four times daily. The
SWE sensor estimates the amount of water in a column between the ground and
the sensor by detecting gamma rays emitted from two naturally-occurring
elements in the soil: potassium and thallium. Water attenuates the signal
emitted by each element, and the level of attenuation allows the sensor to
estimate the amount of water present in the column. The element providing the
best estimate is site-specific, and it will take several years of data to
determine which element provides the best estimate at each site. See the NYS
Mesonet website for more information and standard plots at
http://www.nysmesonet.org/data/snow#stid=snow_roxb . Data Ordering: These data
can be requested from the NYS Mesonet data request page at
http://nysmesonet.org/weather/requestdata . "Snow network data" should be
specified in the comment section of the request form, and June Wang should be
the requested handler of this data request. Important: Data requests from
Non-WINTRE-MIX participants MAY INCUR A FEE. Data is provided for free to
WINTRE-MIX participants. Citation: To cite this data, please use the NYS
Mesonet Overview paper, Brotzge et al. (2020):
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/37/10/jtech-d-19-0220.1.xml,
https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0220.1

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 612.038

Citation
 NYS Mesonet, Wang, J. 2022. WINTRE-MIX: New York State (NYS) Mesonet Snow
 Network. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/612.038 Accessed 27 Apr 2024.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * WINTRE-MIX: Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/WINTRE-MIX

Additional information
 * Frequency: 6 hourly
 * Language: English

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT

Related links
 * info: NYS Mesonet Snow Network
   http://nysmesonet.org/networks/snow
 * info: WINTRE-MIX Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/wintre-mix-data-policy
 * homepage: WINTRE-MIX Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/wintre-mix
 * info: WINTRE-MIX Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/wintre-mix/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2022-01-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2022-03-31 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 42.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -76.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -73.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: NYS Mesonet
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3279
 * author: June Wang
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3278

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/612.038?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/612.038?format=isotc211