id2015: The 2015 Idaho Snow Load Study Dataset
In beanb2/snowload: Ground snow load prediction functions.

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50 year ground snow load estimates at 651 measurement locations in and around the state of Idaho. Used as part of the 2015 Idaho snow load study.

id2015

A data frame with 651 rows and 9 variables:

STATION: The National Weather Service COOP, or Natural Resource conservation service Snow Course station identifier.
STATION_NAME: The character name of the station.
STATE: Two character state abbreviation of the measurement location.
LONGITUDE: Longitude coordinate position.
LATITUDE: Latitude coordinate position.
ELEVATION: Elevation of the measurement location (meters).
YRS: The number of years of recorded load maximums. This is effectively the sample size of the 50 year estimate.
yr50: The estimated design (i.e. 50 year) ground snow load (kpa).
HUC: The United States Geological Survey 8 digit hydrologic unit code.

These data consist of 394 (246 SC/SNOTEL, 148 COOP) Idaho stations with an additional 257 (222 SC/SNOTEL, 35 COOP) located near the Idaho border with the most recent measurements being taken in 2014. log-Pearson type III distribution parameter estimates were determined using the sample mean, standard deviation skew of annual of yearly maximums at each station location (i.e. method of moments).

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