Wrap up

Wrap up#

  1. SnowEx database is going to save you time and frustration.

  2. Its structured into 4 tables, points, layers, rasters and site data

  3. Forming queries is best done using the new API tools PointMeasurements, LayerMeasurements, RasterMeasurements and their functions from_filter and from_area

Community Software#

  • Open Source software means you can participate! Checkout the repos involved:

    1. snowexsql - Access tool for querying the database.

    2. snowex_db - Source code for managing the db

    3. insitupy - NEW python package for reading insitu measurements files

  • Can I work locally? Yep! Checkout the python installation on RTD If you are just doing python development you do not need to install the database.

Acknowlegdments#

Big thanks to all the dedicated scientists who went out and collected these invaluable datasets.

A huge thanks to HP Marshall who originally gave us the opportunity to build this a couple years ago. And thanks to Joe Meyer who pursued funding to develop it further. Buy them a beer or better yet volunteer for field work to hang out with them!

❄️ Go forth and snow science! ❄️

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