The Center for Snow & Avalanche Studies enhances the interdisciplinary investigation of the snow system's behavior and role in human/environment relationships by offering resources -- people, information, and facilities -- for field-based research and education.
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Dr. Don Friend made yet another pilgrimage with students from Minnesota State University at Mankato to Silverton for a field class in February, 2009. And, sustaining the tradition established by his graduate school advisor at Arizona State University, Dr. Mel Marcus, students spent plenty of time in the snow, learning and practicing snowpack observation techniques together in large snowpits.
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Refilling the pit |
Measuring snow water equivalent (SWE). |
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Dr. Friend (second from left) and students in a snowpit. |
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