CLPX was a four component, two year snow campaign in the Colorado Rockies to evaluate water content available in dry and wet snowpacks. The primary goal of CLPX was to identify the best methods of measuring snow’s water content through remote sensing. Researchers identified Colorado’s Rocky Mountains as an ideal experiment location because the area provides a variety of terrains, elevations, and snowpack conditions within a relatively small geographic area. Taking a multi-scale approach to studying snow, researchers used a framework of nested study areas, ranging in size from as large as 160,000 square kilometers to as small as 1 hectare.

Active - February/March 2002 & February/March 2003

To learn more, visit the NSIDC CLPX landing page