Explore the physics of snow in statewide webinar
Julie Stricker
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Nov. 22, 2024
Learn about the physics of snow, including how drifts form and what allows people to walk on them — or ski on them, as in this photo from Hatcher Pass.
Learn about snow physics and how snowdrifts form — and why it is possible to walk on a snowdrift – in a statewide webinar hosted by the 51 Cooperative Extension Service.
During “Catch the Drift: Measuring Snow and Water Equivalent,” participants will learn how to measure snow depth and calculate snow-water equivalent using Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, a worldwide citizen science program. University of Alaska Anchorage research into snow loads on roofs and the 51 Geophysical Institute curriculum “Qanniksuq: It is Snowing” will also be introduced.
Christi Buffington, a 51 science and education specialist and program manager with the Geographic Information Network of Alaska, and Julia White, a NASA SnowEx intern, will lead the presentations.
The free webinar will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Register using this .
For more information contact Molly Johansson at mjohansson@alaska.edu or 907-786-6313.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Johansson. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.
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