CW3E id: CHZ
CDEC id: --
NWS id: --
Lat/Long: 39.325556 / -120.367500
Elevation: 2102m
Team Lead: --
Install Date: Feb. 14, 2024
Permit Expires: --
Watershed: Yuba
Telemetry: Cell
Land Owners: USFS
Site Type: Other

Includes the Continuous Hydrology and Energy Exchange Snow Experiment (CHEESE) snow temperature fence and the lidar and disdrometer.

The Central Sierra Snow Lab is a UC Berkeley owned site for long term and experimental snow monitoring. It is located in the headwaters of the Yuba River watershed.

The CHEESE fence is located in a gravel patch on the east side of the main clearing at CSSL.

The LiDAR and disdrometer are mounted on an existing tower on the southeast side of the main clearing.



Sensors

TypeLabelModelSNInstalled On
Disdrometer--OTT Parsivel2451651Feb. 14, 2024
LiDAR--Ouster OS1- 128-Rev-06--Feb. 14, 2024


Other Equipment

TypeLabelModelSNInstalled On
ComputerNoneOnlogic Karbon 410--Feb. 14, 2024
UPSNoneAPC BackUPS 650--Feb. 14, 2024
Cell ModemNoneSierra Wireless RV50xQR2281045902F118Feb. 14, 2024


Funding Sources

StartEndSource
Jan. 1, 2024 -- AR Program