Well how bout that.

https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/186123main_...Procedures.pdf

I once was hired by NASA to dig snowpits in North Park, so they could compare their satellite radar data to what was really there under the surface of the snow.

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Originally Posted by Hacksaw

I once was hired by NASA to dig snowpits in North Park, so they could compare their satellite radar data to what was really there under the surface of the snow.

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that's pretty cool

NASA, bringing the snow geekery. Who knew?

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

NASA, bringing the snow geekery. Who knew?

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NASA bringing the general geekery?

This is my shocked face.

They wanted to test the quality of their radar in picking-up different layers.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

NASA, bringing the snow geekery. Who knew?

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I did.

Who goes there that is so wise in the ways of science?

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Originally Posted by Hacksaw

I once was hired by NASA to dig snowpits in North Park, so they could compare their satellite radar data to what was really there under the surface of the snow.

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I thought this place may provide me with some context, I didn't think I'd have my answer in the first response!

They def do a bunch of stuff I've never bothered doing in a pit.

And was their radar detection good? Imagine high quality radar data on every single slope / aspect / etc.