Snow surveys in the West date back to
around 1906, when the University of Nevada's Dr. James Church laid out
the first western snow course. Dr. Church also invented key sampling
procedures and equipment. Manual surveys require two-person teams to
measure snow depth and water content at designated snow courses. A snow
course is a permanent site that represents snowpack conditions at a
given elevation in a given area. A particular snowpack may have several
courses. Generally, the courses are about 1,000 feet long and are
situated in small meadows protected from the wind.
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Dr. James Church is pictured here in an historical photograph. He
developed measuring equipment and sampling techniques that led to
the first water supply forecasts. |
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