SLF becomes WMO’s Snow Monitoring Competence Centre

SLF test site on the Weissfluhjoch, Davos. Photo: Roman Oester, SLF - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has appointed the SLF to be the world's leading competence centre for snow monitoring. The WMO's Infrastructure Commission based its decision on the fact that the SLF already possesses high-quality measuring infrastructure and over 80 years of knowledge. Measuring tip of the SnowMicroPen snow penetrometer developed at the SLF. Photo: Jürg Schweizer, SLF When the test site was set up on the Weissfluhjoch above Davos, at an altitude of 2,536 metres, more than eight decades ago, nobody could have imagined the measuring instruments and methods that would go on to be developed. Since then, SLF researchers have been working on ways to collect snow data more accurately and efficiently and put it to practical use. The resulting high-quality measuring infrastructure and long-term measurement series are unique worldwide.