The phrase "a snowpack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a layer of snow that has accumulated on the ground, often in the context of weather, climate, or hydrology.
Example: "The snowpack in the mountains is crucial for the water supply during the summer months."
Alternatives: "a snow layer" or "a snow accumulation".
Abcarian: Barren a year ago, a snowpack station comes up deep and dense.
But the deepening drought in 2015, along with a snowpack in the Sierra Nevada at a 500-year low, made the drop bigger and deeper.
During winter a snowpack persists for at least five months in the southern portion of the taiga biome and for seven or eight months in the northern reaches.
Sulfuric and nitric acid accumulating in a snowpack can leach out rapidly during the initial snowmelt and result in a pulse of acidic meltwater.
For the club's members, a dynamic roster that rises and falls with the depth of a snowpack, snow is a mantra and not a four-letter word.
But on Wednesday, Mr. Brown was standing on an utterly dry field after he and Mr. Gehrke went through the motions of measuring a snowpack.
Because a winter snowpack is a dependable feature of the taiga, several mammals display obvious adaptations to it.
The report credits unusually high temperatures, a diminished snowpack and a severe lack of rainfall with drying up the trees, leaving the region susceptible to forest fires.
Unlike mountains of similar altitude elsewhere, Elbert lacks both a permanent snowpack and a prominent north-facing cirque, which can be attributed to its position amongst other mountains of similar height, receiving relatively small quantities of precipitation.
The AE generated during small fracturing of a natural snowpack, caused by a ram penetrometer, were detected using a cylindrical waveguide and a detection range of up to 16 m with detection efficiency of 38 dBAE were observed in snow.
Unusual conditions in the Mountain West — scant snowfall leading to a shallow snowpack that features a thick layer of sugary snow, known as depth hoar, at the bottom — have created a kind of perfect storm for avalanches, one veteran Colorado ski patroller said, something not seen here in 35 years.
