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, Parsivel2 disdrometer, and WS100 disdrometer are mounted on an CSSL-maintained tower on the southeast side of the main clearing.



Sensors

TypeLabelModelSNInstalled On
Disdrometer--OTT Parsivel2451651Feb. 14, 2024
Disdrometer--Lufft WS100-UMB033.0624.1510.023Oct. 23, 2025
LiDAR--Ouster OS1- 128-Rev-06--Feb. 14, 2024


Other Equipment

TypeLabelModelSNInstalled On
ComputerNoneOnlogic Karbon 410--Feb. 14, 2024
Computerrugged-cssl inside WS100-UMB enclosureONLOGIC POC-500U782860Oct. 23, 2025
Power SupplyWS100-UMB EnclosureMeanwell DRS-240-12SC54177300Oct. 23, 2025
UPSNoneAPC BackUPS 650--Feb. 14, 2024
Cell ModemNoneSierra Wireless RV50xQR2281045902F118Feb. 14, 2024
Cell ModemWS100-UMB EnclosureRV50X934495072602B104Oct. 23, 2025
Cell AntennaWS100-UMB EnclosureAG19B Omni 4G/5G MIMO Multi CarrierunknownOct. 23, 2025


Funding Sources

StartEndSource
Jan. 1, 2024 -- AR Program