About Us
Learn more about who we are.
Learn more about who we are.
Our mission is to develop and communicate knowledge of our atmosphere and water resources that can be used to inform anthropogenic activities and protect the environment with total transparency in our activities and science. We aim to do this through being one of the foremost sources of information on snow hydrology, climate, and water in the west. Particularly, we want the science conducted at the CSSL to increase operational capabilities and inform better management practices of water.
We prioritize development of scientific research in high-impact areas, including those increasing in prevalence and/or severity such as wildfire, rain-on-snow, and atmospheric rivers. A central component to all scientific work occurring at the CSSL is interorganizational collaboration, as we believe that a collaborative scientific community is stronger and conducts better research.
The CSSL has a renewed focus on pedagogical activities on site for students of all ages to allow engagement with instrumentation and research with the goal of inspiring and educating the next generation of weather, climate, and water scientists. We also engage in the development of pedagogical activities within the wider local and scientific communities in mind as well. These include increased visibility on social media, involvement community events, and broad-scale education on climate change and its impacts to the world, particularly as it pertains to water resources.
CSSL Snow Science School
The Central Sierra Snow Laboratory is created by the Army Corps of Engineers and National Weather Bureau (now National Weather Service). It is one of three labs built as part of the Cooperative Snow Investigations Program.
