Snow Survey of the British Isles

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1947
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Harwood; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000001118; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000001118

This Survey, which, under the directorship of Mr. Gordon Manley, had made substantial progress until the war intervened, is to be resumed during the autumn of 1946. For a time the principal aim will again be to secure representative data relating to the occurrence of snow-cover at different altitudes in the various upland districts over the period October to June. To this end the Society is fortunate in having already been promised the help not only of a number of pre-war participators in the Survey but also of the Meteorological Office, Air Ministry. By the courtesy of the Director, Sir Nelson Johnson, records of the daily incidence of snow-cover (and where possible of its depth) at about 55 high-level meteorological stations are to be supplied to us month by month. In addition, Dr. J. Glasspoole of the British Climatology Division has suggested that a considerable number of the regular contributors to the official publication British Rainfall whose gauges are situated at altitudes of not less than 500 feet should be invited to co-operate. Dr W. A. Harwood, Superintendent of the Meteorological Office at Edinburgh, has kindly agreed to allow that office to be used as a clearing house for Scottish records, as before the war.