Citizen science snow observations at the McCall Outdoor Science School, McCall, ID
Results of a citizen science effort in which students and instructors at the
McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) collected snow observations every 1-4 weeks at
their field site within Ponderosa State Park (elevation 1540 m), adjacent to Payette
Lake, ID. Students documented snow cover within forested versus open areas at each
site via photographs and estimates of the continuity of snow cover. Additionally,
snow depth and density were measured via snow pits in the forest and the open. Data
were entered via a Google Form, and the results recorded in this table. Site Data
Citation for full description of the field campaign and sites. Field photographs are
archived along with these data, sorted by site name, with timestamp metadata embeded
within the image file. In some cases, cardinal direction of the photograph view is
noted in the file name. Site location metatdata for a citizen science effort in
which students and instructors at the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) collected
snow observations every 1-4 weeks at their field site within Ponderosa State Park
(elevation 1540 m), adjacent to Payette Lake, ID.
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Complete Metadata
| accessLevel | public |
|---|---|
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Susan E. Dickerson-Lange", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:dickers@uw.edu" } |
| description | Results of a citizen science effort in which students and instructors at the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) collected snow observations every 1-4 weeks at their field site within Ponderosa State Park (elevation 1540 m), adjacent to Payette Lake, ID. Students documented snow cover within forested versus open areas at each site via photographs and estimates of the continuity of snow cover. Additionally, snow depth and density were measured via snow pits in the forest and the open. Data were entered via a Google Form, and the results recorded in this table. Site Data Citation for full description of the field campaign and sites. Field photographs are archived along with these data, sorted by site name, with timestamp metadata embeded within the image file. In some cases, cardinal direction of the photograph view is noted in the file name. Site location metatdata for a citizen science effort in which students and instructors at the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) collected snow observations every 1-4 weeks at their field site within Ponderosa State Park (elevation 1540 m), adjacent to Payette Lake, ID. |
| distribution |
[ { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Digital Data", "format": "XML", "accessURL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F70C4SW3", "mediaType": "application/http", "description": "Landing page for access to the data" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Original Metadata", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.56e9b140e4b0f59b85d819fd.xml" } ] |
| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_56e9b140e4b0f59b85d819fd |
| keyword |
[ "Idaho", "McCall", "Ponderosa State Park", "USGS:56e9b140e4b0f59b85d819fd", "Valley County", "citizen science", "forest canopy density", "meteorological observations", "snow depth", "snow observations", "time-lapse photography" ] |
| modified | 2026-09-02T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -116.14667988033, 44.8782550253035, -116.004544260213, 44.9866561103946 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Citizen science snow observations at the McCall Outdoor Science School, McCall, ID |
