During “Catch the Drift: Measuring Snow and Water Equivalent,” participants will learn how to measure snow depth and calculate snow-water equivalent using Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, a worldwide citizen science program. University of Alaska Anchorage research into snow loads on roofs and the UAF Geophysical Institute curriculum “Qanniksuq: It is Snowing” will also be introduced. Christi Buffington, a science and education specialist a program manager with the Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) and Julia White, a NASA SnowEx intern, will lead the presentations.

Event Details

The free webinar will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4. For more information contact Molly Johansson at mjohansson@alaska.edu or 907-786-6313.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Johansson. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

Event location - Zoom
Event date - Dec. 4, 2024
Event start time - 12 p.m.
Event end time - 1 p.m.

Zoom Registration

 

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