Water Balance Study in Chile

ADVM2 environmental consultants installed a snow/water balance station in Chile.  The station was installed at 15,000 feet in extreme conditions.  The station consists of snow depth sensors, visibility sensors, a precipitation gauge, a full meteorological suite, and digital imagery.  The primary purpose of the station was to determine snow collection along a snow fence system designed to capture precipitation in a manner that would facilitate incorporation of the collected precipitation into the local aquifer.  All of the data was transferred into the ADVM2 database via satellite telemetry and available via secure web interface.