SNOTEL

But we can look at that and we can kind of interpolate what it was likely in the mountains as well when the records go back for Santa Fe and for the northwestern part of the state, Farmington and whatnot.

But, yeah, so as far as the SNOTEL data, the SNO NRCS data, yes, about 1986, I think, is as far back as it goes.

All

right.

Also int- interesting thing in terms of how we measure results, um, we're the only ones that really focus on the, uh, at the, at the ground level.

So, uh, we'll take a look at, um, either, you know, s- it's called SNOTEL sites for snow or rain gauges in the target area as well as in what the comparable is to be able to actually show the difference.

Um, other people will take a look at the radar, the, the cloud layer.

So, um, you know, kind of o- one of my analogies is it's kinda like, you know, playing basketball.

But I, I was trying to work out what it would be, 'cause I, I must admit my knowledge of the microwave part of the spectrum is limited.

But the only things I could think of that are, are weather-related outside of 430 to 440 are in the United States, the NOAA weather transmissions around 161 megahertz, and the, um, SNOtel transmissions in low-band VHF.

But if it's microwaves, then I'm afraid that's outside my [laughs] area of expertise.

Well, I think the fact of what Ed said earlier, where the, where they are actually transmitting is immaterial partially for this, not totally, but partially.

Hydrologists measure the snow water equivalent, or SWE, of a snowpack to estimate how much liquid water it contains.

Snow water equivalent is determined by weighing a sample of the snowpack or by using automated sensors at snow monitoring stations called SNOTEL sites.

There are more than eight hundred SNOTEL stations across the western United States, operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

These stations automatically measure snow depth, snow water equivalent, temperature, and precipitation, and transmit the data via satellite, often from remote mountain sites that no one visits for months at a time.

Snowmelt runoff provides drinking water, irrigation water, and hydroelectric power to communities across the western states.

The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, and Rocky Mountains feeds rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers that supply water to millions of people and vast agricultural regions.

dry winter in the mountains is felt months later in farm fields and city taps hundreds of kilometers away hydrologists measure the snow water equivalent or swe of a snowpack to estimate how much liquid water it contains snow water equivalent is determined by weighing a sample of the snowpack or by using automated sensors at snow monitoring stations called SNOTEL sites.

There are more than 800 SNOTEL stations across the western United States, operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

These stations automatically measure snow depth.

snow water equivalent, temperature, and precipitation, and transmit the data via satellite, often from remote mountain sites that no one visits for months at a time.