Draft:Central Sierra Snow Laboratory
The Central Sierra Snow Laboratory (CSSL) is a remote field station managed by the University of California, Berkeley[1] and owned by the USDA Forest Service. Located at Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the CSSL is a research field station specializing in snow physics, snow hydrology, meteorology, climatology, and instrument design. The CSSL is one of the best instrumented snow study sites in the world with consistent observations of a wide range of atmospheric and snowpack variables.
The CSSL is staffed year-round and hosts instrumentation and research projects from a wide range of collaborators and partners including the California Department of Water Resources[2], National Weather Service (NWS), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL)[3], University Corporation for Atmospheric Research[4], and the Desert Research Institute (DRI)[5].
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- ^ "Css Lab (428) - Site Information and Reports". wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Project to bring affordable 3D-printed stream, snow, and storm surge sensors to remote communities | NCAR & UCAR News". news.ucar.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Communications, D. R. I. (2022-05-03). "Study Develops Framework for Forecasting Contribution of Snowpack to Flood Risk During Winter Storms". DRI. Retrieved 2025-05-06.