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Fassnacht, Steven R; Herrero, Javier (2026): Sierra Nevada Spain Snow Surface Data at the Ski Area 2024 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.989349

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Published: 2026-01-22DOI registered: 2026-02-20

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Abstract:
We collected snow surface data on 2024-04-19 at the Sierra Nevada (Spain) ski area focusing on a groomed ski slope and an adjacent, natural (ungroomed) area. We used a 60-cm long snow roughness board and an iPad with the 3-D Scanner app to create two and three dimensional representations of the surface, respectively. The resolution of the snow roughness board and iPad scanning are about 0.2 mm and 1.5 cm. The roughness board is orange with a black edge. At each location, the snow roughness board were inserted into the snow so that the interface of the snow surface was highlighted by the orange of the roughness board. This interface was photographed and the raw snow roughness board are those images. The iPad scanning covered a 2-m wide swath over a 15-meter length. The data are in ASCII format as relative location (X,Y,Z) and colour (R,G,B).
Keyword(s):
dust-on-snow; iPad scanning; piste; roughness boards; ski area grooming; snow; snow roughness; sun cups
Related to:
Fassnacht, Steven R; Herrero, Javier; Sanow, J E (submitted): Ski Resort Snow Surface Roughness. Glacies
Funding:
University of Granada, grant/award no. UGR OTRI-6429: SUBLIMA
Coverage:
Latitude: 37.071574 * Longitude: -3.393181
Date/Time Start: 2024-04-19T09:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-04-19T11:53:00
Event(s):
ES-SN_ski_area_snow_roughness * Latitude: 37.071574 * Longitude: -3.393181 * Date/Time: 2024-04-19T00:00:00
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1File nameFile nameFassnacht, Steven R
2File typeFile typeFassnacht, Steven R
3DATE/TIMEDate/TimeFassnacht, Steven RGeocode
4LocationLocationFassnacht, Steven R
5CommentCommentFassnacht, Steven R
6File contentContentFassnacht, Steven R
7ImageIMAGEFassnacht, Steven R
8ASCII fileASCIIFassnacht, Steven R
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
64 data points

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