CEN project
Site Neige Forêt Montmorency
Panorama showing the different instruments used to measure snowfall and snow amount on the ground (height and snow water). Photo credit Alain Royer, 2018
Measurement site
Latitude
47.32
Longitude
-71.15
Altitude (m)
750
Site location
Snow research station at the Montmorency forest experimental site of Laval University, in the boreal coniferous forest zone. This snow research station is part of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) Surface Network CryoNet (WMO ID: 71212)
Site description
Open field measurement sites (unless noted) in 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2018, at the time of maximum snowpack (approximately at maximum snow water equivalent). Number of samples variable by year. For more information on the data, see the references cited in Table 1 of the referenced article Royer et al. 2021, Ecoscience