World Meteorological Organization

List of SPICE Sites contact persons

Commissioning protocols of the SPICE Sites
(Some protocols are still in finalization and will be made available below when completed)

Australia - Guthega Dam
Canada - Bratt's Lake
Canada - CARE updated 2014-07-22 (Annexe)
Canada - Caribou Creek
Chile - Tapado
Finland -  Sodankyla
France - Col de Porte
Italy - Forni Glacier
Japan - Joetsu
Japan - Rikubetu
Rep. of Korea - Gochang Observatory (Final Draft Protocol)
Nepal (operated by Italy) - Pyramid International Laboratory Observatory
New Zealand - Mueller Hut
Norway - Haukeliseter
Poland - Hala Gasienicowa
Russian Fed. - Valdai
Russian Fed. - Voljskaya
Spain - Aramon-Formigal updated on 2015-05-08
Switzerland - Weissfluhjoch updated on 2015-04-28
USA - Marshall (Draft Protocol - 140 MB!)

• Atmospheric Measurement Techniques SPECIAL ISSUE on SPICE
• Summary list of SPICE publications

• S. T. Buisan, J. L. Collado, J. Alastrue: 2016: The impact of a windshield in a tipping bucket rain gauge on the reduction of losses in precipitation measurements during snowfall events, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU2016-7055. Full poster.
• R. Nitu, J. Alastrue, J. L. Collado, S. Buisan, 2015: WMO – SPICE Un experimento internacional para mejorar las observaciones de la nieve, "Tiempo y Clima", No. 50, Bulletin of Spanish Meteorological Society (http://pkp.ame-web.org/index.php/TyC)
• J. Hoover et al., 2014: Measurement of snow on ground using automatic instruments, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• R. Nitu et al., 2014: Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment, WMO SPICE: Engagements and Progress, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• R. Rasmussen et al., 2014: Examination of the Performance of Single Alter Shielded and Unshielded Snowgauges Using Observations from the Marshall Field Site during the SPICE WMO Field Program and Numerical Model Simulations, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• D.-K. Rha et al., 2014: WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE) : Overview and results of Gochang site, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• Y.A. Roulet et al., 2014: Reference measurements at Weissfluhjoch (Switzerland) for the WMO/CIMO SPICE Project, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• M. Wolff et al., 2014: WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE): Report on the SPICE Field Working Reference System for precipitation amount, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• M. Wolff et al., 2014: How much snow is not measured? Results of a Norwegian field study for determining the wind-induced loss of solid precipitation, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• C. Zammit et al., 2014: Intercomparison of solid precipitation measurements in New Zealand, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• SPICE – Improving snowfall measurements, Meteoworld (January 2014)
• Cold as SPICE, by R. Nitu, in Meteorological Technology International, Aug. 2013, p. 148-150
• R. Nitu et al., 2012: WMO Intercomparison of Instruments and methods for the measurement of Solid Precipitation and Snow on the Ground: Organization of the formal experiment, WMO, IOM No. 109, TECO-2012

• M. Colli et al., 2014: A CFD evaluation of wind induced errors in solid precipitation measurements, WMO, IOM No. 116, TECO-2014
• Daqing Yang, 2014: Double Fence Intercomparison Reference (DFIR) vs. Bush Gauge for "true" snowfall measurement, Journal of Hydrology,Vol. 509, p. 94-100
• Rasmussen, Roy, and Coauthors, 2012: How Well Are We Measuring Snow: The NOAA/FAA/NCAR Winter Precipitation Test Bed. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 811–829. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00052.1
• A.P. Fisher, 2011: The Measurement Factors in Estimating Snowfall Derived from Snow Cover Surfaces Using Acoustic Snow Depth Sensors, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2010JAMC2408.1
• CIMO Survey on National Summaries of Methods and Instruments for SOlid Precipitation Measurement at Automatice Weather Stations (2010, WMO/TD-No. 1544, IOM No. 102, R. Nitu and K. Wong)
• WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison (1998, WMO/TD-No. 872, IOM No. 67, by B.E. Goodison, P.Y.T. Louie and D. Yang)
• Report of the International Organizing Committee for the WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison, Sixth Session, 14-18 Sept. 1992, Toronto, Canada

• SPICE Site Changes Tracking Sheet (Updated 24 April 2014)
• SPICE Site Commissioning Protocol V3.1(23 July 2013)
• DRAFT- Data loggers in use in SPICE (posted on 5 April 2013)
• Manual Observation Procedure (Updated 28 May 2014) and associated Excel File to be used for reporting manual observations to NCAR (12 Feb. 2012)
• SPICE Calibration and Configuration Recommendations for the GEONOR Precipitation Guage ( 5 Dec. 2012)
• SPICE Site Commissioning Protocol V2 (8 Oct. 2012) - Newer version available above
• Use of antifreeze and oil mixtures in Geonor/Pluvio reference gauges (18 Sept. 2012)
• SPICE Single Alter Specifications (31 Aug. 2012)
• DFIR-fence Specifications (1999, V. Pubrat and R. Poersch)
• SPICE Data Protocol

SPICE meetings:

• SPICE-IOC, Seventh Session, 11-15 July 2016, Toronto, Canada
• SPICE-IOC, Sixth Session, 18-22 May 2015, Zaragoza, Spain
• SPICE-IOC, Fifth Session, 19-23 May 2014, Sodankylä, Finland
• SPICE-IOC, Fourth Session, 17-21 June 2013, Davos, Switzerland
• SPICE-IOC, Third Session, 15 October 2012, Brussels, Belgium
• SPICE-IOC, Second Session, 11-15 June 2012, Boulder, USA
• International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), First Session, 5-7 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

SPICE IOC/Project Team Teleconferences:

SPICE DAT Teleconferences:

• 4 September 2014 (DAT)
• 3 July 2014
• 20 August 2013
• 10 July 2013
• 3 July 2013

SPICE Snow on the Ground (SoG) Teleconferences:

• 6 May 2014
• 15 April 2014
• 25 March 2014
• 18 February 2014
• 14 January 2014