Objectives:

• To measure and compare snowmelt on an adjacent forest and clearcut site using three separate techniques:
• Physical measures of snow ablation using weekly measures of snow water equivalent obtained with a federal snow tube.
• Daily measure of melt from the bottom of the snowpack using snowmelt lysimeters.
• Using micrometeorological measurements in the process oriented formulae developed by the USACE for point snowmelt.
• To assess the impact of forest removal on a melting snowpack during various climatic events.
• To evaluate and identify which climatic conditions have a major impact in terms of generating snowmelt and subsequent water inputs to the soil from a forest and clearcut site.

Methods:

The specific measures to fulfill the objectives are outlined in the Working Plan for EP 967.02.

History:

• 1984/85 First winter of measurement
• 1987/88 Last winter of measurement

Status: Dormant

Reports and Publications:

Gluns, D.R. 1987. Overview of climatic events surrounding a major landslide in the Blueberry Creek drainage. Working report. B.C. Min. For., Nelson, B.C. p. 19.