CEN/TR 16588:2014
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Manual measurement of snow water equivalent
19-03-2014
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Symbols
4 Objective
5 Principle of manual SWE measurements
6 Measurement sit
7 Measurements
8 Manual SWE sampling methods
9 Spatial estimation
10 Maintenance
11 Uncertainties
12 Assessment of quality
13 Measurement uncertainty
14 Recommendations
Annex A (informative) - List of methods for determination
of SWE in total snowpack
Annex B (informative) - Manual SWE measuring bodies in
Europe
Annex C (informative) - Determination of mass of snow
sample
Annex D (informative) - Determination of water volume in
snow sample
Annex E (informative) - Snow stakes
Annex F (informative) - List of samplers for detection
of SWE
Annex G (informative) - Snow tubes
Annex H (informative) - Core drills
Annex I (informative) - Density cutters
Annex J (informative) - On-line glossaries
Bibliography
This Technical Report defines the requirements for manual measurements of SWE over land, see ice and glaciers, under natural environmental conditions, and shows methods for calculating the spatial distribution of the data. It includes measurements with snow tubes, core drills and density cutters.
| Committee |
CEN/TC 318
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| DocumentType |
Technical Report
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| PublisherName |
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| S.R. CEN/TR 16588:2014 | Identical |
| PD CEN/TR 16588:2014 | Identical |
| NEN NPR CEN/TR 16588 : 2014 | Identical |
| DIN CEN/TR 16588;DIN SPEC 19941:2014-06 | Identical |
| PNE-FprCEN/TR 16588 | Identical |
| EN ISO 772:2011 | Hydrometry - Vocabulary and symbols (ISO 772:2011) |
| CEN/TR 15996:2010 | Hydrometry - Measurement of snow water equivalent using snow mass registration devices |
| ISO/TS 25377:2007 | Hydrometric uncertainty guidance (HUG) |
| ISO 772:1996 | Hydrometric determinations — Vocabulary and symbols |
| CEN ISO/TS 25377:2007 | Hydrometric uncertainty guidance (HUG) (ISO/TS 25377:2007) |
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