Abstract ID: 3.11274 | Accepted as Talk | Talk/Oral | TBA | TBA

A new regional partnership in the northeast United States is focused on monitoring mountains at different elevational gradients to support prediction of extreme weather events and contribute to the Unified High Elevation Observing Platform (UHOP) to enhance understanding of climate change. The partnership includes the State University of New York’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (Whiteface Mountain Observatory in New York’s Adirondack Mountains), the University of Vermont Summit to Shore Environmental Observation Network, and the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire (a nonprofit internationally known for extreme weather monitoring). The region has also been developing a feasibility study for a regional snow monitoring network called the Northeast Snow Survey (NESS) funded through the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. This study is working to explore the development of a regional snow monitoring network and will focus on the need of monitoring weather and snow conditions across the region at different elevations. This session will explore these initiatives and how they can be leveraged to monitor climate and enhance prediction of extreme weather dynamics across the northeast Appalachian Mountain region.