Spatial interpolation of snow depth and water equivalent measurements in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Snowmelt is the cause of more than one-half of the total annual soil erosio n from arable land on Prince Edward Island (PEI). Thus, as part of a wider study on cool-period soil erosion, this study was conducted to assess the a pplication of kriging for extrapolating snowcover measurements spatially ov er arable PEI land and for eventual use in soil erosion models. Snow cover was randomly sampled for depth and density. Sample-sites were gee-reference d and located on the ground with the aid of a Global Positioning System (GP S). Documentation of the results was cartographic and was aided by a Geogra phic Information System (GIS). This procedure was found to be applicable re the existing data set.