information is extremely valuable for those men it involves. on the bottom of this hole we have to get on the ground to confirm the measurements from remote sensors since these are relatively in direct measurements we re relying on remote sensors to accurately understand snowpack and water content so we also have to take field measurements either via stations with continuous measurement tools or by a special monitoring done by hand often along transects it s important to follow up every day with such strong sun beating down and high levels of evaporation but there are satellites passing all day to provide daily measurements of the performance though for most once the models give us an idea of the snowpack water equivalent we try to understand how much of this water accounts for surface runoff