MANUAL MEASUREMENT OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT

Published date

01-01-2014

Publisher

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Symbols
4 Objective
5 Principle of manual SWE measurements
6 Measurement sit
7 Measurements
8 Manual SWE sampling methods
9 Spatial estimation
10 Maintenance
11 Uncertainties
12 Assessment of quality
13 Measurement uncertainty
14 Recommendations
Annex A (informative) - List of methods for determination
        of SWE in total snowpack
Annex B (informative) - Manual SWE measuring bodies in
        Europe
Annex C (informative) - Determination of mass of snow
        Sample
Annex D (informative) - Determination of water volume in
        snow sample
Annex E (informative) - Snow stakes
Annex F (informative) - List of samplers for detection
        of SWE
Annex G (informative) - Snow tubes
Annex H (informative) - Core drills
Annex I (informative) - Density cutters
Annex J (informative) - On-line glossaries
Bibliography

Specifies the requirements for manual measurements of SWE over land, see ice and glaciers, under natural environmental conditions, and shows methods for calculating the spatial distribution of the data.

DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
CEN/TR 16588:2014	Identical

EN ISO 772:2011	Hydrometry - Vocabulary and symbols (ISO 772:2011)
CEN/TR 15996:2010	Hydrometry - Measurement of snow water equivalent using snow mass registration devices
ISO/TS 25377:2007	Hydrometric uncertainty guidance (HUG)
ISO 772:1996	Hydrometric determinations — Vocabulary and symbols
CEN ISO/TS 25377:2007	Hydrometric uncertainty guidance (HUG) (ISO/TS 25377:2007)