Wrapping up the snowmelt at Röbäcksdalen

NJV's research station Röbäcksdalen is part of the monitoring program within SITES called SITES water and is regularly taking samples from the Röbäck and Degernäs creeks that flows past the stations fields. This year for the first time, additional samples have been taken during the snowmelt to catch the things happening during that exciting time. The snow melt started quite intensively March 28 when the temperature went above freezing degrees even during nights. The peak of the water level was therefore reached already March 30. After that, the air temperature got colder and the snowmelt went a lot slower. From April 14 the day temperature have increased again which has resulted in a second, smaller peak. The last sampling from this years snowmelt will therefore be April 24, almost a month after the start.