The British Columbia Automated Snow Pillow Survey Network comprises monitoring stations operated by the Ministry of Environment, BC Hydro, Rio Tinto Alcan, the Greater Vancouver Water District and many other partner organizations. There are over 50 Automated Snow Pillow (ASP) monitoring sites around the province, mostly in remote and high elevation locations. Station location data are available here. Data is collected hourly and transmitted through the GOES satellites. Remotely sensed snow and meteorological data (snow water equivalent in mm, snow depth in cm, air temperature in degrees Celcius, cumulative precipitation in mm) from ASP stations are available in near real-time. The current year ASP data are updated hourly, combining the data for the current water year (October 1st to September 30th) for all active ASP stations in the province.
Data can be directly accessed via the Real-Time Water tool and the Snow Stations Interactive Map.
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