CSAS Hosts “Snow Characterization Workshop” in Silverton, a Three-Day, Hands-On Seminar Led by Dr. Martin Schneebeli of the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) in Davos, and by Dr. Hans-Peter Marshall of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado – Boulder

    
Martin Schneebeli lecturing on snow micro-structure tomography techniques and data analyses methods that he has pioneered in his work at the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research at Davos.

Schneebeli and his former PhD student Ethan Greene, Director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, discussing the fine points of snow casting techniques during a field session.

Hans-Peter Marshall demonstrating the operation of the SnowMicroPen^® tool developed by the Swiss at SLF and which Marshall has used extensively in Arctic and alpine environments.  The group utilized the CSAS’s Animas Valley Study Site for the workshop, just a few minutes away from Silverton.

Workshop participant Dr. Chris Hiemstra from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University demonstrates use of the MagnaProbe tool that he and Marshall have used extensively to make rapid measurements of snowcover depth.