Task 1 Report
This project began by digitizing all hand-written meteorological observing records from the pre-1948 era yielding a database totaling 370 stations with some records dating back to the 1850's. This database was merged with the post-1948 observations and stored using the Summary of the Day (SOD) format as defined by the National Climate Data Center (NCDC). A summary of the task and listing of available stations in the database can be viewed here.
Task 2 Report
For Task 2 of this project, the snowfall, precipitation, temperature, and wind records for Minnesota were analyzed generating the following statistics: snow accumulation season, mean seasonal snowfall, percentile rankings and probability of exceedance, snow water equivalence, and wind frequency distributions. This report summarizes the techniques used for the analysis and provides a link to each product.
Task 3 Report
Utilizing the climatological products developed in Task 2, snow transport models were run for Minnesota. A field study was also conducted to investigate some of the agricultural implications of living snow fences.
Task 4 Report
Included in this report is a brief summary of the website hosting the climatological products and instructions on how to retrieve climate data from the Minnesota State Climatology Office website.