SNOTEL Taos Powderhorn, NM (Mar, 2017)

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Identification Information

Title SNOTEL Taos Powderhorn, NM (Mar, 2017)
Date 2017-06-29
Date Type Publication
Cited Responsible Party
Organization Name NRCS
Role identify
Presentation Form vector digital data
Abstract The basic SNOTEL station provides snowpack water content data via a pressure-sensing snow pillow. It also collects data on snow depth, all-season precipitation accumulation, and air temperature with daily maximums, minimums, and averages. Many of the enhanced SNOTEL stations are also equipped to take soil moisture and temperature measurements at various depths. The atmospheric and, where installed, soil moisture and soil temperature measurements are generally reported multiple times per day with some reporting hourly. Other sensors such as water quality sensors can be added to any of the enhanced SNOTEL stations. System performance is usually above 99%.
Purpose Data collected and transmitted by SNOTEL stations and from manual collection sites are processed rigidly for quality and packaged in both raw and formatted versions on the NWCC web page. That data and information are used by many governmental and private entities as seen in the following paragraphs. Program information influences production decisions on millions of acres of surface-water dependent, irrigated agricultural lands. Knowing how much water they will receive based on the available water supply and the relative seniority of their water rights helps producers make cropping decisions about what, when, and how much to plant to optimize their production outcome. In several communities, local water commissioners operate reservoir and diversion systems based on a drought-response management plan using SNOTEL data. SNOTEL sites and the SS-WSF Program continue to be of critical value to producers and residents throughout the West.
Supplemental Information Funding for the enhanced SNOTEL stations was provided by EPSCoR. These data are made available through New Mexico's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR) data portal. The portal provides access to data generated by and of use to the EPSCoR community including researchers, educators, and policy leaders, as well as the general public.
Status Complete
Point of Contact
Individual Name Mike Strobel
Organization Name
Position Name NWCC director
Role Point of contact
Voice 503-414-3055
Facsimile
Address
Delivery Point 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 802
City Portland
Administrative Area OR
Postal Code 97232-1274
Country
Electronic Mail Address michael.strobel@por.usda.gov
Maintenance and Update Frequency Unknown
Descriptive Keywords air temperature, precipitation, snow water content, snow depth, soil moisture, soil temperature, EPSCoR Tract 3
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
Language English
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
West Bound -105.45
East Bound -105.45
North Bound 36.58333333
South Bound 36.58333333
Temporal Extent
Beginning Position 2017-03-01
Ending Position 2017-04-01
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Distribution Information

Distributor
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Transfer Options
Online Resource ZIP
Online Resource ESRI Shapefile (shp)
Online Resource GML
Online Resource KML
Online Resource GeoJSON
Online Resource JSON
Online Resource Comma Separated Values (csv)
Online Resource MS Excel format (xls)
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial References
Spatial Reference North American Datum of 1983
Online Reference EPSG:4269
Spatial Reference Geodetic Reference System 80
Online Reference EPSG:7019
Indirect Spatial Reference Taos County, NM
Geometric Object Type Point
Geometric Object Count 742
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Data Quality Information

Logical Consistency Report Not provided
Completeness Report Not provided
Lineage
Process Step
Process Description Create the shapefiles using the provided lat/lon from the NRCS, one per station using an Arcpy script. Download the CSV data for each station, each year, each month from the station's Reporting Site.
Process Date 2017-06-29
Process Time
Process Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier eb9a47a5-3526-43b2-9ea0-e180af8142aa
Metadata Language English
Hierarchy Level Dataset
Date Stamp 2025-06-08
Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
Metadata Standard Version 1.0
Metadata Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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