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Spatially distributed temperatures at the base of two mountain snowpacks measured with fiber-optic sensors

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  • Snowpack base temperatures vary during accumulation and diurnally. Their measurement provides insight into physical, biological and chemical processes occurring at the snow/soil interface. Recent advances in Raman-spectra instruments, which use the scattered light in a standard telecommunications fiber-optic cable to infer absolute temperature along the entire length of the fiber, offer a unique opportunity to obtain basal snow temperatures at resolutions of 1m, 10 s and 0.1°C. Measurements along a 330m fiber over 24 hours during late-spring snowmelt at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA, showed basal snow temperatures of 0±0.2°C using 10 s averages. Where the fiberoptic cable traversed bare ground, surface temperatures approached 408C during midday. The durability of the fiber optic was excellent; no major damage or breaks occurred through the winter of burial. Data from the Dry Creek experimental watershed in Idaho across a small stream valley showed little variability of temperature on the northeast-facing, snow-covered slope, but clearly showed melting patterns and the effects of solar heating on southwest-facing slopes. These proof-of-concept experiments show that the technology enables more detailed spatial and temporal coverage than traditional point measurements of temperature.
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  • Tyler, S. W., Burak, S. A., McNamara, J. P., Lamontagne, A., Selker, J. S., & Dozier, J. (2008). Spatially distributed temperatures at the base of two mountain snowpacks measured with fiber-optic sensors. Journal of Glaciology, 54(187), 673-673. doi: 10.3189/002214308786570827
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  • 54
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  • Partial support for the research was provided by the US Bureau of Reclamation Agreement No. 06FC204044. The instrument station and snow property research on Mammoth Mountain is supported by US National Science Foundation grant EAR- 0537327, the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, and the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. The DCEW is jointly operated by Boise State University and the US Department of Agriculture Northwest Watershed Research Center. Research at the DCEW was supported by US National Science Foundation grant EPS-0447689.
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