Climate, snow, sediment and streamflow monitoring and research in the West Arm Demonstration Forest

Project number: EP 1202

District: Selkirk Forest District

Objectives

• To monitor the general climate and snow conditions prevailing in WADF from alpine to valley bottom
• To provide watershed level climatic information for studies evaluating silvicultural alternatives and watershed response to forest harvesting

Experimental design

• Climate stations monitoring air temperature, relative humidity, soil temperatures, snow temperatures, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation - rain and rain/snow and snow accumulation in terms of water equivalent and depth have been established. Data is being collected with the aid of data loggers
• Data will be summarized on a yearly basis and will be available to researchers and others as requested. Snow and climatic information will form the basis of evaluating the response of stream flow to snow melt and precipitation events

History

Establishment of stations began in the fall of 1992. Upgrading with additional equipment to ensure all stations are measuring all parameters is ongoing.

• 1992 - 2001 Data collection

Publications

Thevenaz. C. and D.R. Gluns. 2001?. Description and Comparison of the Climatic Stations in the West Arm Demonstration Forest. B.C. Min For Nelson Forest Region, Forest Sciences Technical Report in press

Data available on request.

Comments

This project was originally entitled "Climate and Snow Monitoring for the West Arm Demonstration Forest". It was subsequently combined with KB96066 Sediment Budget of Watersheds in the West Arm Demonstration Forest under a revised title.