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Rocky Mountain snowpack physical and chemical data for selected sites, 2009

Data Series 498
In cooperation with the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and Teton County, Wyoming
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds498

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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 and to understand the effects of regional atmospheric deposition. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service; the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service; the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; Teton County, Wyoming; and others, collected and analyzed snowpack samples annually for 48 or more sites in the Rocky Mountain region during 1993-2009. Sixty-three snowpack-sampling sites were sampled once each in 2009 and data are presented in this report. 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, total mercury concentrations, and ionic charge balance. Quality-assurance data for field and laboratory blanks and field replicates for 2009 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, 2009
Series title Data Series
Series number 498
DOI 10.3133/ds498
Edition -
Year Published 2010
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Colorado Water Science Center
Description iv, 9 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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