Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 5-6pm: Organizational Meeting #2 (NR320)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Afternoon: Travel to Cabins on your own - carpooling strongly suggested
Evening: Meet at the cabin for dinner and gear review, etc.
Sunday, March 14th
Morning: 1. The geography of snow; 2. Properties of snow and ice (lectures)
Afternoon: Introduction to the tools and techniques for measuring snow (lab)
Evening: 3. Snow formation in the atmosphere; 4. Snow metamorphism (lectures)
Monday, March 15th
Morning: 5. Snowpack energy balance; 6. Snow in and around the canopy (lectures)
Afternoon: Snowpack properties: density, temperature, and stratigraphy in snow pits (lab)
Evening: 7. Modeling snow processes and snowmelt runoff (lectures)
Tuesday, March 16th
Morning: Tour of SNOTEL site and weather station, snow around trees, surface roughness (lab)
Afternoon: Free time
Evening: 8. Spatial distribution of snow; 9. Remote sensing of snow (lectures)
Wednesday, March 17th
all day: Spatial snow survey: Depth measurements and canopy assessment
Evening: Snow survey data entry and analysis; 10. Avalanche and hazard evaluation (videos)
Thursday, March 18th
all day: Snow management at Ski Areas
Evening: clean cabin and pack up
Friday, March 19th
Morning: depart for home
Wednesday April 14th 5-7pm: Data Overview, Photo Exchange (location tbd)
Warner College of Natural Resources
Colorado State University