1 nohrsc challenges of using snow data carrie olheiser office of hydrologic development national...
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3 NOHRSC Nature of snow observations. Difficult to get “representative” observation. Metadata inconstancies between sources. Data in proper SHEF format including time, amount and duration. Snowfall observations are not always published in a standard format. Timeliness of data Reliably and timing of observations. Adequate training in data collection. Quality controlling the data, who is responsible? Challenges of snow dataTRANSCRIPT
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NOHRSC Challenges of using Snow Data Carrie Olheiser
Office of Hydrologic DevelopmentNational Weather Service, NOAAU.S. Department of Commerce
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov
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2NOHRSC
National Snow Analyses (NSA)
Ground
Airborne
Satellite
Multi-sensor Snow Observations
Data ProductsInteractive
MapsTime Series
PlotsText
Discussions
Snow Information Products
Snow Modeling and Data Assimilation
Numerical Weather
Prediction Model ForcingsGridded Snow
Characteristics
U.S.1-km2
Hourly
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• Nature of snow observations. Difficult to get “representative” observation.
• Metadata inconstancies between sources.• Data in proper SHEF format including time, amount and
duration.• Snowfall observations are not always published in a standard
format.• Timeliness of data• Reliably and timing of observations.• Adequate training in data collection.• Quality controlling the data, who is responsible?
Challenges of snow data
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4NOHRSC
• NOHRSC performs 4 automated tests – Reasonable Range– Spatial Consistency– Temporal Consistency– Internal Consistency
• Reasonable range is the only QC test Snowfall data undergoes.
Quality Controlling of Data
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5NOHRSC
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Manual Quality Control Spatial Consistency
These points need to be looked at more closely, not spatially consistent
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Manual Quality Control Temporal Consistency
Bad Observation
Using data operationally does not allow us to see into the future for temporal quality control.
Unstable SNOTEL ObservationIn early season and late season
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8NOHRSC
Manual Quality Control Internal Consistency
• Density Check
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9NOHRSC
Station RepresentativenessPoint in Pixel
ESTES PARK RAWS
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Point in Pixel Consistency ? • Elevation
– Differences in station elevation and 1 km X1 km DEM elevation vary as much as 1500 meters, example station KRWW4, • DEM elevation = 1439• Reported elevation = 2910
• Forest Cover Density– Photos from the Northwest SNOTEL sites and
model forest cover density disconnects.– Example from Caribou Maine and station KCAR.
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Disconnects between ground survey coop results for the
March 1 to March 4 SurveyForest Density Issues and Stations not representative of the region.
• Caribou, ME• SWE reported March 1,
2004 is 0.038 meters.• KCAR is a Coop Station
located at the Airport in the large wind swept location that is well exposed with a forest density of ~ 6%.
• Caribou, ME SJ snow survey site .
• SWE reported March 1, 2004 is 0.104 meters.
• This station is reported by the USGS and measured at the medical clinic which is a more heavily wooded area.
Assimilation for the region used KCAR a regular reporter inthe season but turns out it was not representative of the region.This was not the only station with similar issues.
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12NOHRSC
72 hr Snowfall Observations
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• It was agreed at the NWS 2004 Cold Regions Hydrology Workshop (Kansas City, 2004 November 15-19) that the NOHRSC would develop web-based, real-time, automated, interactive, snowfall maps for the CONUS.
History of NOHRSC Snowfall Products
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14NOHRSC
National Metadata Sources Over 40 different sources of station metadata
Often redundant, often inconsistent!
NEED ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR STATION METADATA
National Weather Service Databases
NWSLI, MADIS, CSSA (B44’s), NWS-ICAO, NWS-METAR, HADS, NCDC
NRCS SNOTEL and Snow CoursesUSACE New England District Snow SurveysNew York City Dept. Environmental ProtectionFederal Aviation Administration
California Department of Water ResourcesMaine Cooperative Snow SurveyMesoWest (150 + Smaller mesonets)RAWS Remote Automated Weather Stations
Federal and State Agencies
Weather Forecast Offices, River Forecast Centers and Regional Offices
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15NOHRSC
Importance of Accurate Metadata • Numerous databases leads to
uncertainties in the station metadata.
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16NOHRSC
Willow Creek, Wyoming
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17NOHRSC
99 Miles
Boulder Creek, Oregon
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18NOHRSC
72 hr SWE Observation
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19NOHRSC
Quality Control of Data• Internal Quality Control• Manual Quality Control• Point in Pixel Consistency
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Internal Quality Control• Behind the scenes 4 QC tests are run
– Reasonable Range– Spatial Consistency– Temporal Consistency– Internal Consistency
• Problems with losing to much data if we have strict requirements in an automated quality control scheme.
• The nature of snow variability makes qc difficult and as much data is needed as possible.
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• PRODUCTS• Hourly and Daily• 1 km2 Resolution
• INTERNET• Interactive Maps• 3D Visualization
• e.g. Google Earth• Time-series loops• National/Regional
Discussions• Text summaries by
watershed• Point Queries
• DIRECT FEED• Push or Pull• Gridded Data• Flat Binary or GIS-ready
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22NOHRSC
• It was agreed at the NWS 2004 Cold Regions Hydrology Workshop (Kansas City, 2004 November 15-19) that the NOHRSC would develop web-based, real-time, automated, interactive, snowfall maps for the CONUS.
History of NOHRSC Snowfall Products
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23NOHRSC
• NOHRSC has seven (7) new snowfall maps to the NOHRSC selection of Physical Elements on the NOHRSC Interactive Snow Information page.
• Daily total snowfall observations (for previous 24 hours) • 2-day total snowfall observations (for previous 48 hours) • 3-day total snowfall observations (for previous 72 hours) • Daily total snowfall interpolation (for previous 24 hours)• 2-day total snowfall interpolation (for previous 48 hours) • 3-day total snowfall interpolation (for previous 72 hours)• 24-hr Raw Snowfall – Only displays 24 hour totals
NOHRSC Snowfall Products
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24NOHRSC
Interpolated Snowfall 24 hrs
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• Are generated in automated process that uses snowfall data encoded in SHEF and MADIS formats received at the NOHRSC over AWIPS and MADIS Snow Collective.
• The NOHRSC performs only a “reasonable range” quality-control test on the snowfall data.
• Snowfall maps are generated using both– Temporal
• quantization and integration– spatial interpolation
• inverse distance weighting with a search radius of 75km.
NOHRSC Snowfall Products
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26NOHRSC
Total Observed Snowfall 24 Hrs
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27NOHRSC
Total Observed Snowfall 72 Hrs
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28NOHRSC
Total Observed Snowfall 72 Hrs
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29NOHRSC
Interpolated Snowfall 48 hrs
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30NOHRSC
Interpolated Snowfall 72 hrs
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31NOHRSC
Snowfall Text Products
Raw Data Available for Download
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32NOHRSC
Cumulative Snowfall Product
• Two stations located a couple kilometers apart. Both reporting snowfall, but MITM2 is reporting zero snowfall.
• Some station do not have a continuous record of snowfall, missing significant events. These products need to be used with a watchful eye!