Lakes as snowfall sensors
Snowmelt is underestimated by 50-100% in the world’s major mountain ranges: snowfall measurements are too small, too scarce, and too biased.
A BAS inventor has solved the problem of making unbiased, low-cost and frequent snowfall measurements over very large areas. Each new measurement spans an area larger than all the world’s existing rain gauges combined.
Used to update the physics of the Met Office’s weather model, it’s making the future of mountain water resources, food and energy more predictable for over a billion people