Rocky Mountain Regional Snowpack Chemistry Monitoring Study

Lochvale, CO

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     Contact:  Graham Sexstone

Sunlight Peak, Colo.

Sunlight
  • Station ID:   392535107224600
  • Latitude:   39.42646 dd
  • Longitude:   -107.37952 dd
  • Elevation:   3226 m
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  • 27 years of data
    1993 - 2020  ( no data, 2019 )

Graphs of Chemistry Concentrations

  • NH4    (Ammonium)
  • NO3    (Nitrate)
  • SO4    (Sulfate)
  • combined   (includes NH4, NO3 & SO4)
  • Hg    (Mercury)

Graph of Snow Depth

Data

Photographs

Worker prepares snowpack-sampling pit at Sunlight Peak, Colo.

Worker prepares snowpack-sampling pit at Sunlight Peak, Colo. Note dust layers pointed out (April 2, 2009).

 Drifted ridge on approach to summit of Sunlight Peak.

Drifted ridge on approach to summit of Sunlight Peak.

 National Atmospheric Deposition site near Sunlight Peak, Colo.

National Atmospheric Deposition site near Sunlight Peak, Colo. Snowpack-sampling site in adjacent clearing.
Snowmobile access to snowpack-sampling pit at Sunlight Peak, Colo.

Snowmobile access to snowpack-sampling pit at Sunlight Peak, Colo.