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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
    Alternate identifier:
    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
    File storage information

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