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Caption for Image 1: A view through the windshield of the Thiokol approaching the Alpine ISA (within the Fraser MSA) at almost 11,000 feet above sea level.

Caption for Image 2: Geared up and ready for a day of snow surveying at the Buffalo Pass ISA (within the Rabbit Ears MSA) in temperatures reaching minus 12 degree F and blinding snow falling a good part of the day.

Caption for Image 3: Recording snow roughness in 30 inches of fresh powder at the Buffalo Pass ISA.

Caption for Image 4: Kelly Elder makes a snow density measurement on the electronic balance at the bottom of a 2.99 meter snow pit at the Buffalo Pass ISA, while Don Cline, CLPX PI, records the pertinent data.

Caption for Image 5: Kelly Elder determines the snow grain size using a hand-held microscope, while Don Cline records the data at a snow pit in the Fool Creek ISA (within the Fraser MSA).

Caption for Image 6: The Thiokol moves up the road at approximately 8 mph past the Fool Creek ISA on its way up to the Alpine ISA (both within the Fraser MSA) with a group of survey teams ready for a full day of data collection.

Caption for Image 7: A NOAA AC690A Turbo Commander aircraft flies overhead in the Fraser Experimental Forest carrying the GAMMA instrument designed to provide an accurate estimate of the average snow water equivalent within each 25-km x 25-km MSA.

Caption for Image 8: Kelly Elder (far left) discusses strategy with a survey team overlooking the Michigan River ISA (within the North Park MSA).

Caption for Image 9: The NASA P-3B Orion aircraft touching down at NASA Wallops Flight Facility during a test flight before transiting out to Colorado. The P-3 will carry a passive microwave sensor called the PSR (polarimetric scanning radiometer).

Caption for Image 10: A member of the survey team determines the canopy cover at a measurement point in the St. Louis Creek ISA (within the Fraser MSA).

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March 21, 2003 - (date of web publication)

SCIENTISTS IN THE SNOW: IMPROVING WATER, WEATHER, AND CLIMATE FORECASTS

Scientists and students from six federal agencies and many universities will study the snowpacks of the Colorado Rockies from the ground, air and space this winter and spring to improve forecasts of springtime water supply and snowmelt floods and to study how snow-cover affects the Earth's weather and climate. The 2003 Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) runs from February 19-25 and March 25-31. It will be conducted in the central Rocky Mountains of the western United States, where there is a wide array of different terrain, snow, soil, and ecological characteristics.

     

 
approaching the alpine area   Geared up and ready for a day of snow surveying at the Buffalo Pass ISA (within the Rabbit Ears MSA) in temperatures reaching minus 12 degree F and blinding snow falling a good part of the day.
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Recording snow roughness in 30 inches of fresh powder at the Buffalo Pass ISA.   Kelly Elder makes a snow density measurement on the electronic balance at the bottom of a 2.99 meter snow pit at the Buffalo Pass ISA, while Don Cline, CLPX PI, records the pertinent data.
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Kelly Elder determines the snow grain size using a hand-held microscope, while Don Cline records the data at a snow pit in the Fool Creek ISA (within the Fraser MSA).   The Thiokol moves up the road at approximately 8 mph past the Fool Creek ISA on its way up to the Alpine ISA (both within the Fraser MSA) with a group of survey teams ready for a full day of data collection.
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A NOAA AC690A Turbo Commander aircraft flies overhead in the Fraser Experimental Forest carrying the GAMMA instrument designed to provide an accurate estimate of the average snow water equivalent within each 25-km x 25-km MSA.   Kelly Elder (far left) discusses strategy with a survey team overlooking the Michigan River ISA (within the North Park MSA).
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The NASA P-3B Orion aircraft touching down at NASA Wallops Flight Facility during a test flight before transiting out to Colorado. The P-3 will carry a passive microwave sensor called the PSR (polarimetric scanning radiometer).   A member of the survey team determines the canopy cover at a measurement point in the St. Louis Creek ISA (within the Fraser MSA). .
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