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Automatic snow station IMIS_WFJ2 from the Intercantonal Measurement and Information System (IMIS), Switzerland.
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Datacenter: WSL Institute for snow and avalanche research SLF
Collection: GCW, ADC, NSDN

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IMIS snow station, Weissfluhjoch, Canton Graubunden. In cooperation with the Swiss federal, cantonal and municipal authorities and other interested parties, the SLF operates the Intercantonal Measurement and Information System (IMIS). This network of automated wind- and snow-measurement stations supplies information from high-altitude zones (mainly between 2,500 m and 3,500 m) and so complements the information from our observer network. More than 160 stations spread throughout the Swiss Alps measure the wind, temperature, humidity and snow depth and other parameters around the clock and transmit them to the centre in Davos. In most cases, a wind station and a snow station are situated close to each other and so form a pair. Wind stations, which are located in exposed positions at summit areas or areas close to the ridge, provide information about the wind conditions in the region. Snow stations are as sheltered from the wind as possible and are normally found at rather lower altitudes. They are meant to measure in a flat and uniform area the snow depth in the region as representatively as possible. The stations operate autonomously. Their energy is supplied by a solar panel in combination with a storage battery. This means there is a lot of flexibility in choosing where they are to be situated. However this means these are low energy stations and therefore are equipped with unheated instruments (such as pluviometers)
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Keywords:
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION
Metadata Information

Metadata identifier: WFJ2
Last metadata update: 2018-06-12T14:00:00Z
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Metadata status: Active
Metadata update history

Related resources

Dataset landing page: http://97d8c650.ngrok.io/WFJ2.nc.html

Dataset Citation

Title: Automatic snow station IMIS_WFJ2 from the Intercantonal Measurement and Information System (IMIS), Switzerland.
Author: SLF Data
Publisher: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF.
Publication date: 2015-01-01T01:00:00Z
Publication place: Davos, Switzerland

Investigator

Technical contact

Metadata Author

Data center

Name: WSL Institute for snow and avalanche research SLF
Short name: SLF
URL: www.slf.ch

Data center contact

Name: Admin
Email: osper@slf.ch

Platform

Instrument

Temporal extent

Start date: 1999-01-12T13:00:00Z

Geographic extent

North: 46.829598
South: 46.829598
East: 9.809568
West: 9.809568

Observation location

Data access

OPeNDAP: http://97d8c650.ngrok.io/WFJ2.nc

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Automatic snow station IMIS_WFJ2 from the Intercantonal Measurement and Information System (IMIS), Switzerland.

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