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A method is disclosed for monitoring the depth of snow with respect to the ground. The method may employ a global positioning system and includes an initialization unit for generating ground surface data representative of the surface of the ground. The method also includes a snow surface data acquis

A method is disclosed for monitoring the depth of snow with respect to the ground. The method may employ a global positioning system and includes an initialization unit for generating ground surface data representative of the surface of the ground. The method also includes a snow surface data acquisition unit for generating snow surface data representative of the surface of the snow. The method further includes an analysis unit in communication with the ground surface data and the snow surface data for comparing the ground and snow surface data. Snow depth data is then generated representative of the area between the ground and snow surfaces.

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[ I claim:] [8.] A method of monitoring the depth of snow with respect to the ground, said method comprising the steps of:generating ground surface data, said ground surface data including ground surface data points each of which is representative of the longitude, latitude and elevation of a point

[ I claim:] [8.] A method of monitoring the depth of snow with respect to the ground, said method comprising the steps of:generating ground surface data, said ground surface data including ground surface data points each of which is representative of the longitude, latitude and elevation of a point on the surface of a section of ground;generating snow surface data, said snow surface data including snow surface data points each of which is representative of the longitude, latitude and elevation of a point on the surface of the snow on said section of ground;generating ground surface model data representative of the surface of said ground from said ground surface data, and generating snow surface model data representative of the surface of said snow from said snow surface data; andcomparing said ground surface model data with said snow surface model data, and generating data representative of the snow depth between said ground and snow surfaces.