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David Hill

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Professor. Nat Geo Explorer, POW Science Alliance Member. I study water and its response to climate from headwaters to the coast. @dfosterhill@noc.social

Corvallis, ORweb.engr.oregonstate.edu/~dfh/index.phpJoined August 2016

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NASA Citizen Science

The Community Snow Observations #CitizenScience project’s first data collection contest of the year is underway! Use the Snow Scope app to submit your snowpack height measurements until February 15th for a chance to win cool prizes. Learn more: communitysnowobs.org/events/

Photo of a warmly dressed volunteer for the Community Snow Observations Citizen Science project measuring the snowpack height on a mountain, with beautiful mountainous scenery in the background beneath a clear blue sky. Beneath the photo, the text reads: Community Snow Observations Presents Snow Height Collection Contest.

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"You don't need to be a weatherman (person) to know which way the wind blows...." Satellite imagery of rock walls / tent sites, Mt. Adams.

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In PDX? Interested in snow and science? Come join us (

@communitysnowob

) at the Patagonia store for presentations from FOUR community science projects. It's gonna be awesome. cid:image006.jpg@01D92B5C.92550010

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I am a HUGE fan of

. They just did a great podcast on the

@communitysnowob

project with the amazing Katreen Wikstrom Jones. It's a great listen, with all the info you need to get involved!

citscipod.podbean.com

Science in the Snow | Citizen Science

Whenever you're out frolicking in a winter wonderland, why not take a frolicking break every now and then to measure snow depth for your friends at the Community Snow Observations project? Your...

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Katreen Wikstrom Jones (Community Snow Observations), Cryosphere Hazards Scientist for the State of Alaska, will tell us how winter mountain hikers can measure snow depth for Community Snow Observations. Registration is free and now open: tinyurl.com/ObserveSnowLIVE

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Our family spent 8 months in New Zealand, and I am very sorry to see Jacinda Ardern resign. What an example she set for strong leadership and working mothers. And, on a lighter note, watching her and Lorde get trolled with peanut brittle is forever funny. youtube.com/watch?v=DUPo62

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Getting my HAM Technician's license revealed two things: (1) those electrical engineering classes from undergrad decades ago were actually really useful. (2) if you are feeling old, amongst your peer group, taking a HAM test will fix that.

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The whale currently washed ashore on an Oregon beach was killed by a collision with a boat, which is very sad. In other news, I have been living in Oregon for 13 years and I am nowhere closer to understanding the decision making that approved this.

Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered!

The infamous KATU Exploding Whale video has remastered! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the infamous beached whale incident that took place in Florence,...

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I just got something delivered via mailing tube. In the interest of recycling the packaging...the first educational program (in need of a few avalanche probes to take people out to measure snow) that emails me at dfh@oregonstate.edu will get some. Courtesy

@AvalancheSafety

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Here's a great opportunity to hear about three community science projects related to snow. On campus for those of you lucky enough to be in Corvallis. Zoom option for those of you not. Join me (

@communitysnowob

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In addition to sharing his experiences with CUAHSI programs and services with PhD students, David Hill

shares how community science can improve hydrologic modeling. See how this works at communitysnowobs.org and mountainsnow.org. ow.ly/v6pM50Mp0z4

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1. Pair of BC Link 2.0 radios, 2. BCA snow shovel, 3. BCA snow saw, 4. BCA snow study kit, 5. CSO swag...Have fun. Submit early, and submit often...

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We've got our first data-collection contest spinning up on Sunday. You've got a month to submit as many snow depth values as possible. (1) they must be at least 100m apart to be valid. (2) they must be submitted with the Snow Scope app (see QR code below). Prizes in first comment

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When you need to use log scale on the SWE charts, you know it's a big year.

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Deadline extended to 25 Jan. Outstanding opportunity for Ph.D. students. twitter.com/CUAHSI/status/

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Thanks

for the chance to contribute a column, and also for the fantastic financial support (fellowships) for so many graduate students. Game-changing experiences for them... us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=aad7e9257f3

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So, let's look at the CURRENT Sierra snow. Consider the Virginia Lakes SNOTEL, which is near Tuolumne Meadows. Blue is max; pink is 1997 (which serves as the Dec-Jan max!!), and black is right now. It would be great if it would not rain for awhile. Please...

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Huge snows in late December 1996 were followed by huge warm rains just after. The USGS gauge in the Valley was ridiculous:

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One of the most amazing climbing trips I ever took to Yosemite was in early 1997. The park had JUST re-opened after the epic flooding in the Valley. Camp 4 was a ghost town. If you've tried to stay there, you know how rare that is. The classic routes were all empty. Not bad. 🧵

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I mean. The High Sierra is out of control.

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Not gonna lie. Starting to have a little FOMO here in the PNW.

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All of you faculty complaining about students showing up to class? You need to schedule your classes for the first day of winter term at the rec center. Holy smokes. Gold stars for everyone.

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Where are the glass half full and the glass half empty states? We're doing a 'guess the snowpack' contest for

@communitysnowob

and asked. Entrants had to estimate the 1 April 2023 snowpack, compared to long term average. Washington and Montana are happy; Arizona sad.

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It's a nice day when you and your Ph.D. advisee (well...mostly your advisee) get the cover story on the college magazine. Props to Katreen Wikstrom Jones for the gorgeous photo.

@communitysnowob

and

@protectwinters

featured in article. engineering.oregonstate.edu/momentum-magaz

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The 6th Oregon Climate Assessment was released yesterday (blogs.oregonstate.edu/occri/). The

@communitysnowob

project contributed to a chapter on changes in the water cycle and community science. There are many excellent projects described in that chapter.

oregonstate.app.box.com

OCA6_water_cycle.pdf | Powered by Box

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Me: let's go skiing in Oregon on the 22nd. Weather: hahahahahaha....

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We make good use of the data at mountainsnow.org. You also have just a few days left to enter to win all sorts of snow science goodies at: forms.gle/iqXqeH3BVqZb4o

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Play in the snow..and report snow depth for science! scistarter.org/play-in-the-sn #citizenscience

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For anyone who likes speculating about snowpack, and would like some free snow swag from Backcountry Access. Use the form below to make your prediction of Apr 1 2023 snowpack in your state of choice. Entries due by 31 Dec. forms.gle/iqXqeH3BVqZb4o

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No clue how to use mastodon, but I’m at @dfosterhill@noc.social. Let’s see if this tweet gets me suspended…

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Ok, stoked for SWOT and all that....but, when the hoopla dies down, can we get this fixed, please?

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Well played.

Hydropower Breakthrough

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Nice work Ryan. Great looking session full of talks about uncertainty and community science and hydrology!

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Community Snow Obs

@communitysnowob

Team member Ryan Crumley presenting about CSO at #agu2022

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Don't miss this chance to learn about snow and CSO!

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Play in the snow..and report snow depth for science! scistarter.org/play-in-the-sn #citizenscience

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Our local ski hill has amazingly dedicated technicians that have been recording and organizing data for decades. Which is crystal clear from the amazing background wallpaper of their website. 2022-2023 on track to be a banner year.

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David Hill Retweeted

Community Snow Obs

@communitysnowob

@propagation_labs out testing their Snow Scope probe + app a few weeks ago. Check out the super sleek manual snowpit profile tool - drawing a pit in the backcountry couldn’t get any easier 🤙❄️ 📸 @propagation_labs

Community Snow Observations (@communitysnowobs) • Instagram photos and videos

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My mom raised us to write thank-you notes. (full disclosure: I've gotten terrible at this; sorry, Mom). I did a recent

@SkypeScientist

event and got an inbox full of these the other day. Paper! Stamps! Go kids!

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Winter has arrived in the PNW and it is glorious. Allow me to illustrate my spectacular wipeout in the backcountry today.

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Congrats. For anyone not yet familiar with Rain or Snow, it is a great community science project to get involved with.

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Desert Research Institute

Mountain Rain or Snow has been so successful at collecting data demonstrating regional variation in the rain-snow threshold that NASA’s Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program is funding the project for an additional three years. Learn more at ow.ly/EqIV50LQcAj.

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Declining to go to this workshop feels very meta.

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As snow season is currently going 12 rounds with the Pacific Northwest, your annual invitation to participate in community-fueled snow modeling --> (model results at mountainsnow.org)

Want Snow Data? Step up and Help… - FREESKIER

WORDS • David Hill Who Needs Snow Data? Sometimes it starts early in the morning over a cup of coffee and the glow of a laptop screen. Other times its late at night with a cold beer and an iron on...

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