MAGNIFYING GLASS AND SNOW GRID

Snow researchers still work with magnifying glasses and snow grids to examine snow crystals even today - just as they did eighty years ago. They take samples from the different layers of a snow profile and place them on the grid. Cells of different sizes in the grid serve as a reference for determining the size of the crystals. Once the shape and size of the snow crystals are known, conclusions can be drawn about the properties of the snow layer.