Adding Three Mile Dam

Snowy Hydro Australian snow depth records

Snowy Hydro Limited kindly publishes the full snow depth records for three of their measurement sites on-line:

Spencers Creek, at 1830 m elevation, near Charlotte Pass Deep Creek, at 1620 m elevation, near Cabramurra, and Three Mile Dam, at 1460 m elevation, near Kiandra.

Together these cover the range of snowpack elevations and show how our snow varies with height and over time. I’ve added some plots of the Three Mile Dam record to the Graphs page. I used the . . . → Read More: Adding Three Mile Dam

PIOMAS 2013

PIOMAs northern sea ice volume

After a hiatus due to the US government shutdown, PIOMAS for the annual northern sea ice minimum is finally out.

Here’s an update of my earlier post (may need a browser refresh):

PIOMAS tracks the total volume of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas. September generally sees the end of the melt season, so it’s time to see how 2013 went. For those paying attention, this year has been something of a breather in a breakneck . . . → Read More: PIOMAS 2013