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Measuring Snowpack in Sleepers River Research Watershed

By New England Water Science Center
A woman in snowshoes weighing a long yellow pole in a snowy field.
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A USGS physical scientist weighs a fiberglass tube containing a snow core on a hanging spring scale. Snow water equivalent (SWE) is calculated from the weight and volume of the snow in the tube. This measurement is being taken in Sleepers River Research Watershed in Danville, Vermont.

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Public Domain.