Snow Hydrology

CEWA 568

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📚 Quick Navigation

📖 Overview

• Syllabus: CEWA 568
• Course Project: CEWA 568

📘 Modules

1. Properties of Snow
2. Measurement Strategies, Basics of the Snowpack Mass and Energy Balances, and Snowpack Dynamics
3. Snowpack Energy Balance – Radiation + Albedo, Dust on Snow
4. Temperatures: snowpack and atmospheric stability
5. Turbulent transport - momentum, heat, and moisture fluxes above the snow covered earth
6. Blowing snow transport and sublimation
7. Snow melt
8. Snow-dominated watershed hydrology

📚 Learning Resources

• Python
• Jupyter
• Other Resources
• Resources for Instructors

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Course Description

This website is the home of labs, assignments, and resources for this class.

This course covers fundamental topics related to snow physics and hydrology using modern computer techniques, including:

• Snow mass balance
• Snowpack energy balance
• Data plotting and visualization
• Turbulence over snow
• Mountain meteorology

Prerequisites: Graduate level standing or permission of the instructor

Offered: Spring quarter