Norwegian version of this page

How much snow is there in the mountains? This drone trip can be the first step towards better snow maps

Outreach article in Norwegian about a SNOWDEPTH drone fieldwork at the high mountain area in Western Norway published in the news portal at University of Oslo – titan.uio.no.

Photo from fieldwork: It is important to find the right position for the drone flight. Master's student Zhihao Liu and postdoctoral fellow Livia Piermattei locate the best spot. Photo: Eivind Torgersen, UiO

Fieldwork: It is important to find the right position for the drone flight. Master's student Zhihao Liu and postdoctoral fellow Livia Piermattei locate the best spot. Photo: Eivind Torgersen, UiO

The depth of the snow in the high mountains is important information for those who work with climate, floods and hydropower.

– There are many who are very interested in snow depth data. There is really something missing and which is not so easy to get if you have not been there yourself and measured, says Désirée Treichler, researcher at the Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo. Treichler is the project leader of the new project SNOWDEPTH, based at Dept of Geosciences, University of Oslo.

Read the article (in Norwegian):

Hvor mye snø er det egentlig i fjellet? Denne droneturen kan være første skritt mot bedre snøkart, Titan.uio.no, 13.5.2022

The outreach article is also published in forskning.no on 7.6.2022 and in tu.no.

Published June 27, 2022 10:50 AM - Last modified Aug. 5, 2022 10:52 AM