NIWA’s Christian Zammit measures snow depth in Christchurch.
Rights: Nelson Boustead, NIWA Published 17 July 2019 Size: 590 KB Referencing Hub media

NIWA’s Christian Zammit measures snow depth in Christchurch. The difference between wet and dry snow for a given depth can be as much as 500 kg per cubic metre.

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