Rocky Mountain Snowpack Physical and Chemical Data for Selected Sites, 1993-2008
Data Series
369
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Teton County, Wyoming, and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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Abstract
The Rocky Mountain Snowpack program established a network of snowpack-sampling sites in the Rocky Mountain region from New Mexico to Montana to monitor the chemical content of snow to help in the understanding of the effects of atmospheric deposition to this region. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, the USDA Forest Service, Teton County in Wyoming, Rio Blanco County in Colorado, Pitkin County in Colorado, and others, collected and analyzed snowpack samples annually for 48 or more sites in the Rocky Mountain region during 1993-2008. Forty-eight of the 162 snow-sampling sites have been sampled annually since 1993. Data include acid-neutralization capacity, specific conductance, pH, hydrogen ion concentrations, dissolved concentrations of major constituents (calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, ammonium, chloride, sulfate, and nitrate), dissolved organic carbon concentrations, snow/ water equivalent, snow depth, stable sulfur isotope ratios, total mercury concentrations (beginning in 2001), and ionic charge balance. Quality-assurance data for field and laboratory blanks and field replicates for individual years (1993-2008) also are included.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Rocky Mountain Snowpack Physical and Chemical Data for Selected Sites, 1993-2008 |
| Series title | Data Series |
| Series number | 369 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ds369 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Colorado Water Science Center |
| Description | iv, 90 p. |
| Time Range Start | 1993-01-01 |
| Time Range End | 2008-12-31 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |