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News Release 17-110
Shape of Lake Ontario generates white-out blizzards, study shows
So much snow that researchers needed the help of tractor-mounted snowblowers
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Snowblowing tractors helped scientists in their snow research on New York's Tug Hill Plateau.
Credit: University of Utah
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Why does New York's Tug Hill Plateau get so much snow? Scientists faced blizzards to find out.
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The start of a typical day of field work on the Tug Hill Plateau.
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Scientist Jim Steenburgh of the University of Utah skis his way to and from the research site.
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The NSF-funded King Air scientific crew after one of its flights through a lake-effect snowstorm.
Credit: University of Wyoming
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Tug Hill researchers prepare to launch a weather balloon during a lake-effect snowstorm.
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