Publications & Media

Research Publications and Events

Manuscripts

Collins, M., Arienzo, M.M., Nieminen, S., Hatchett, B.J., Nolin, A., & Jennings, K.S. (2023). Effective engagement while scaling up: Lessons from a citizen science program transitioning from single- to multi-region scale. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.622 

Jennings, K.S., Arienzo, M.M., Collins, M., Hatchett, B.J., Nolin, A.W., & Aggett, G. (2023). Crowdsourced data highlight precipitation phase partitioning variability in rain-snow transition zone. Earth and Space Science, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002714 

Arienzo, M.M., Collins, M., & Jennings, K.S. (2021). Enhancing engagement of citizen scientists to monitor precipitation phase. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.617594  

Conference Proceedings

Heggli, A., Reichel, D., Brong, B., Hatchett, B., Hur, N., Collins, M., Jennings, K., Arienzo, M., & Tonino, S. (2024). Mountain Rain or Snow: Enhancing avalanche forecasting with real-time precipitation phase data. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, Tromsø, Norway, 153-159. https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item.php?id=3127 

Datasets and Processing Packages

Conference Presentations & Posters

Yu, G., Jennings, K., Hatchett, B., Nolin, A., Hur, N., Arienzo, M., Collins, M., Heggli, A., Tonino, S., & Citizen Scientists (2024, June 24-27). Crowdsourced data aid in understanding rain-snow transitions in mountain regions of the United States [Conference presentation]. Water Science Conference, St. Paul, MN. https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology24/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1501995 

Arienzo, M.M., Collins, M., Jennings, K.S., Nieminen, S., Garrett, J.L., Golub, E., Hatchett, B., Hur, N., Moore Powell, K., Yu, G. & Mountain Rain or Snow Observers (2023, December 11-15). Assessment of citizen scientist engagement, retention, and the role of super-users for precipitation phase monitoring [Poster session]. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1348844  

Hur, N., Jennings, K.S., Golub, E., Collins, M., Arienzo, M.M., Yu, G., Watters, A., Johnson, J.M., Garrett, J.L., Hatchett, B., Nolin, A.W., Nieminen, S., Moore Powell, K., Aggett, G., & Mountain Rain or Snow Observers (2023, December 11-15). Rain or snow?: Processing crowdsourced observations of precipitation phase to uncover the complexity of the rain-snow line [Poster session]. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1406543  

Nolin, A.W., Jenkins, B., Bogle, H., Collins, M., Hatchett, B., & Jennings, K.S. (2023, December 11-15). Mountain Rain or Snow: Assessing precipitation phase from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission using citizen science observations [Poster session]. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1363811

Hatchett, B., Arienzo, M., Collins, M., Jennings, K., Bogle, H., Hur, N., Nieminen, S., Nolin, A., Garrett, J., Moore Powell, K., & Yu, G. (2023, June 11-14). Precipitation phase observations from the people, for the people: Mountain Rain or Snow [Conference presentation]. CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium, Tahoe City, CA.

Jennings, K.S., Hur, N., Collins, M., Arienzo, M.M., Nolin, A.W., Hatchett, B., Garrett, J.L., Johnson, J.M., Sturtevant, J., & Aggett, G. (2022, December 12-16). Machine learning suggests a limit to rain-snow partitioning accuracy when using near-surface meteorology [poster session]. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1148681

Arienzo, M., Collins, M., Jennings, K.S., Hatchett, B., Nolin, A.W., Sturtevant, J. (2022, June 19-24). Recruitment, engagement, and retention of citizen scientists for precipitation phase observations in rain-snow transition zone [Conference presentation]. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology22/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1034795 

Jennings, K., Collins, M., Arienzo, M., Hatchett, B., Nolin, A., Garrett, J., Johnson, M., & Aggett, G. (2022, June 19-24). Rain and snow are surprisingly difficult to predict near freezing—citizen scientists fill in the gaps [Conference presentation]. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology22/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1032142

Jennings, K., Collins, M., Arienzo, M., Hatchett, B., & Nolin, A. (2021, December 13-17). Citizen science highlights precipitation phase partitioning uncertainties in rain-snow transition zone [Conference presentation]. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AGUFM.C32B..06J/abstract

Presentations

Mountain Rain or Snow With Meghan Collins

Host: SciStarter

February 2024

VV&B: Mountain Rain or Snow

Host: Mount St. Helens Institute

January 2023

Mountain Rain or Snow "Ask Me Anything" (2023)

Host: Mountain Rain or Snow

January 2023

Pacific Northwest DEWS Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar (33:00-44:00)

Host: National Integrated Drought Information System

October 2022

CoCoRaHS WxTalk Webinar#80 Mountain Rain or Snow

Host: CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network)

March 2022

Mountain Rain or Snow "Ask Me Anything" (2022)

Host: Mountain Rain or Snow

January 2022

The Mountain Rain or Snow team has presented at many other events (recordings not available) and we would be happy to present to your group. Please text us at 855-909-0798 or email meghan.collins@dri.edu to get the process started!

In the News

Articles and Broadcasts

2024

2023

Las Vegas Sun: Volunteers help NASA stay one step ahead of the weather

FOX Weather: Winter weather enthusiasts needed to help improve forecasting

The Missoulian: Can you tell rain from snow? This group wants to know

NPR News & Wyoming Public Media: Is it rain or snow? Researchers enlist citizen scientists to see what satellites can't (Read it here on NPR News or read it here on Wyoming Public Media)

2022

2021

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