There are many other factors that could influence the melting of the snow on the treatment panels. Upon collection of more data in subsequent winters, these factors will be better analyzed to determine relationships between them and the snow melting rate. Firstly, had the temperature and humidity sensors functioned properly, those factors could be analyzed in attempt to determine why the snow melted off the panels so quickly. Secondly, from looking at the current data set, snow type seems to have some effect on the snow melting rate. The day on which the snow lasted the longest on the panels was on January 21st, 2012. On this day an ice layer had formed underneath the snow whereas on all the other test days, no ice formed. Again, significant conclusions cannot be drawn with regards to whether or not snow type has an effect on the melting rate due to the fact that the sample size is low for some of the snow types (ex. Ice layer only formed on one day). Finally, although tilt angle was not studied here due to the quantity of equipment used, it could also be a factor in the high rate of snow melt observed in the study.
As noted in subsection 4.2, when the results of these panels were compared with larger arrays from the NSCC campus, it was shown that snow lasted slightly longer on the larger panels. Even though snow remained longer, it was still completely melted away in one day. This result shows that surface area of the panels could have some impact on how long snow remains on the panels. Surface area will be an additional variable analyzed in future study periods.
There are many other factors that could influence the melting of the snow on the treatment panels. Upon collection of more data in subsequent winters, these factors will be better analyzed to determine relationships between them and the snow melting rate. Firstly, had the temperature and humidity sensors functioned properly, those factors could be analyzed in attempt to determine why the snow melted off the panels so quickly. Secondly, from looking at the current data set, snow type seems to have some effect on the snow melting rate. The day on which the snow lasted the longest on the panels was on January 21st, 2012. On this day an ice layer had formed underneath the snow whereas on all the other test days, no ice formed. Again, significant conclusions cannot be drawn with regards to whether or not snow type has an effect on the melting rate due to the fact that the sample size is low for some of the snow types (ex. Ice layer only formed on one day). Finally, although tilt angle was not studied here due to the quantity of equipment used, it could also be a factor in the high rate of snow melt observed in the study.
As noted in subsection 4.2, when the results of these panels were compared with larger arrays from the NSCC campus, it was shown that snow lasted slightly longer on the larger panels. Even though snow remained longer, it was still completely melted away in one day. This result shows that surface area of the panels could have some impact on how long snow remains on the panels. Surface area will be an additional variable analyzed in future study periods.
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