Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostRyan Webb, a post doctoral fellow with CU and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), battling fierce winds and snowfall, heads towards the 2nd of 3 research stations to continue his research at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland. In his sled, that weighs nearly 100 lbs, Webb is carrying ground penetrating radar and terrestrial LiDAR equipment which he will use to measure snow depth over all of the landscape as well as calculating how much water is stored in the current snowpack at the high elevation site.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, unloads her snowcat after arriving at the Niwot Ridge NOAA research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, gets prepared to unload her skis off of the snowcat to be able to ski up to the research site where she will collect weekly precipitation data at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, right, skis towards the 2nd of 3 research stations to do her weekly checks on air sampling and precipitation at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, gets ready to return to her base after checking recent precipitation levels and taking air samples at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, checks readings of weekly CO2 fluctuations on the surrounding tundra and landscape at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, collects samples of air inside a small wood shed at the Niwot Ridge NOAA research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, unloads her data collecting and air sampling equipment into the small wooden shed used to collect the data at the Niwot Ridge NOAA research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostRyan Webb, a post doctoral fellow with CU and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), gets his skis and sled ready to head towards the 2nd of 3 research stations to continue his research at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland. In his sled, that weighs nearly 100 lbs, Webb is carrying ground penetrating radar and terrestrial LiDAR equipment which he will use to measure snow depth over all of the landscape as well as calculating how much water is stored in the current snowpack at the high elevation site.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostRyan Webb, a post doctoral fellow with CU and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), gets his skis and sled ready to head towards the 2nd of 3 research stations to continue his research at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, checks recent precipitation at a universal rain gauge set up outside of the research facility at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, skis towards the 2nd of 3 research stations to do her weekly checks on air sampling and precipitation measurements at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland.
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Ryan Webb, a post doctoral fellow with CU and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), battling fierce winds and snowfall, heads towards the 2nd of 3 research stations to continue his research at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site on March 28, 2017 near Nederland. In his sled, that weighs nearly 100 lbs, Webb is carrying ground penetrating radar and terrestrial LiDAR equipment which he will use to measure snow depth over all of the landscape as well as calculating how much water is stored in the current snowpack at the high elevation site.
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Jennifer Morse, a climate technician at the Mountain Research Station (MSR) in Roosevelt National Forest, either skis or uses a snowcat once a week to access the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site near Nederland, Colorado. Morse and her team check readings at three different sites of weekly CO2 fluctuations on the surrounding tundra and landscape. The remote research station is located at 11,500 feet.
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