The Snow Hydrology Research Group is part of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The group also works on problems of snow metamorphism, snow-climate interactions, and snowmelt runoff.  The Snow Science Laboratory, otherwise known as CUES (The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Energy Site, is located on the flanks of Mammoth Mountain at  an elevation of 9,600 feet.  The lab is buried partially underground with a tower and platform reaching up 25 feet. Stretching from the platform, a cable suspends a cart full of instruments above the undisturbed snowpack. Inside the lab, lysimeters collect snow meltwater at ground level, and data loggers record meteorological, electromagnetic, and physical (i.e. snow depth) parameters.

Please visist the CUES website for more information, data, webcam views and other products.