Getting information about snow by measurements is very difficult. There is the necessity to registrate many parameters to make reliable statements about the snow pack. Additionally, snow has an enormous variability in space and time. Until now there are only punctual measurements available for the relevant parameters. The Snow Pack Analysing System (SPA) constitutes a revolutionary innovation in snow measurement. It’s a world unique system for automatic and continuous measurement of all the relevant snow parameters like snow depth, snow density, snow water equivalent and contents of liquid water and ice. Due to that, there generates a huge gain of information about the state of the snow pack. The SPA offers a modern and highly time delayed data gathering. There are several possibilities to install the system, depending on demand. Moreover, the system helps to reduce dangerous and expensive adoption of human resources in the wintry area.
Features and characteristics
- Registration of the snow parameters
- Snow depth
- Snow density
- Snow water equivalent
- Contents of liquid water and ice
- System assembly on demand
Information above the whole snow cover
- Information above a specific snow depth level
- Information above an extended area, by measuring with up to 4 SPA- sensors
- No measurement errors caused by ice layers in the snow cover
- Simple and convenient installation even at hillsides
- Automatic, continuous measurement
- Energy- saving sensor operation
- „Standby“ between the measuring phases
- Optimum for solar- powered stations
Description
- World unique system for automatic and continuous measurement of all relevant snow parameters
Snow depth
- Average snow density
- Profile of snow density (with two sensors in different depths)
- Snow water equivalent
- Average liquid water content of the snow pack
- Profile of liquid water content (with two sensors in different depths)
