DOI: 10.16904/envidat.59
title: European Snow Booklet – an Inventory of Snow Measurements in Europe

description: The European Snow Booklet (ESB) is a book of reference for snow measurements that has been produced through collaboration with many European snow practitioners and snow scientists in the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action ES1404 “A European network for a harmonised monitoring of snow for the benefit of climate change scenarios, hydrology and numerical weather prediction (HarmoSnow)”. The ESB provides a unique collection of information about operational snow observations in the European countries and the methods used to perform basic measurements of snow on the ground: snow depth (HS), depth of snowfall (HN), water equivalent of the snow cover (SWE) and presence of snow on the ground (PSG). Information and station metadata (for example location, elevation) for these basic snow variables were collected through a comprehensive survey, the ESB questionnaire between August 2017 and March 2018. Numerous institutions of 38 European countries provided detailed information describing the status of the operational snow observations and the methods used at the time of the survey. Based on the information provided, a country report was written for each European country. Similarities and differences among the countries, that is, the choice of snow variables to be measured, the measurement principles applied, the number of stations, or the spatial and elevational station distribution are pointed out. Thus the collection of country reports demonstrates the relevance of snow measurements for each country. Thus, the intention of the ESB is to foster better knowledge transfer regarding snow measurements between the snow science and operational communities and to improve the communication of information to the general public.
For detailed information on the European countries, we refer to the ESB, which can be downloaded here (envidat.ch). Please note that the ESB is not a living document and information and station metadata are from August 2017 till March 2018, except for Latvia (metadata updated in December 2018).
description: Resource Title: European Snow Booklet public metadata 
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 URL: https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/492dfd3d-99d4-4cfb-b129-77e98344a237/resource/d05304f6-6862-4f6c-b4b9-3601201cc824/download/metadata.xlsx
 Description: The core of the European Snow Booklet (ESB), the country reports of 38 European countries, are based on information and metadata on snow measurements collected through a comprehensive survey, the ESB Questionnaire, between August 2017 and March 2018. The station metadata (for example location, elevation, measurement start date) from each country was provided by one or several institutions responsible for snow observations. By answering the questionnaire the contacts agreed that the information and metadata provided could be presented in the ESB. For cases where institutions indicated that information on station locations could be made publicly available, the metadata for the variables snow depth (HS), depth of snowfall (HN) and water equivalent of the snow cover (SWE), is additionally provided here for download (METADATA.xlsx).
Please note that not all institutions gave permission to publish their station metadata. This metadata has to be requested from the non-personal institution contacts provided in the METADATA.xlsx file. In some cases, however, no institutional contact is available and thus the contact of the country representative who filled in the questionnaire is used. 
For current, updated station metadata we refer to the (non-personal) institutional contacts provided in METADATA.xlsx and/or the institution webpages. Note, however, that we cannot guarantee for completeness of the dataset for all countries because operational networks are prone to changes.
description: Resource Title: List of authors and list of the editorial board of the European Snow Booklet
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 URL: https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/492dfd3d-99d4-4cfb-b129-77e98344a237/resource/1e7628d8-50b7-45cc-8974-b50907b365fc/download/list_of_authors_and_editorial_board.xlsx
 Description: Here you can find the list of all lead authors of the different chapters of the European Snow Booklet (ESB).
In addition a list of the editorial board that reviewed the ESB is given.
description: Resource Title: COST European Snow Booklet (ESB)
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 URL: https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl%3A20198/datastream/PDF/Haberkorn-2019-European_Snow_Booklet-%28published_version%29.pdf
 Description: Please find here the web version of the COST European Snow Booklet (ESB).
description: Resource Title: COST European Snow Booklet (ESB) - DORA Link
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 URL: https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl:20198
 Description: DORA Link of the COST European Snow Booklet (ESB).