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OBJECT TYPE
snow/imperial/36 inch
DATE
1950–1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2004.0330.001
MANUFACTURER
DOT Meteorological Div.
MODEL
2
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
Snow ruler
Patents
N/A
General Description
wood with metal end caps

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
91.4 cm
Width
2.9 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
MSC
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Toronto

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
1950's; this instrument was apparently in use for 40 years (Ref. 7).
Canada
A snow measuring device of a type used by the Meteorological Service of Canada to gather snowfall amount data across Canada. Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function
A measuring device used to manually determine the depth of fallen snow.
Technical
Snowfall has traditionally been measured by its depth on the ground. The snowfall depth which is measured manually with a ruler is converted to its water equivalent by multiplying by 0.1 (i.e., 1 cm of snow equals 1 mm of water). Since this ratio can vary between 0.03 and 0.4 depending on the density of the falling/fallen snow, the quality of this technique is quite variable. Some automatic stations use an acoustic snow depth sensor which was originally developed by the MSC (see MSC020) and further developed by CS (Ref. 1). The Type 2 36 inch MSC wood Snow Ruler is listed in the Meteorological Branch's 1952 and 1958 lists of equipment in use (Refs. 3-4) but not in similar documents for 1961 and 1965. In the 1950's it superseded the 10 inch plastic rule Type 1 and had been replaced by the Type 3 rule by 1961. Snow rulers were still being used in the 1990s (Ref. 2).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
incised black lettering on each side reads 'DEPT. OF TRANSPORT - METEOROLOGICAL DIV. - SNOW RULE TYPE 2',
Missing
complete
Finish
coated light brown wood with dark brown end caps
Decoration
N/A

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