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Federal Snow Sampler


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Federal Snow Sampler In hydrologic terms, a snow sampler consisting of five or more sections of sampling tubes, one which has a steel cutter on the end. The combined snowpack measuring depth is 150 inches. This instrument was formerly the Mount Rose Type Snow Sampling Set.


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