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Cold fingers, frozen electronics: My group studies mountain hydrology to better understand how snow accumulates in the winter and then melts in the summer, generating water that makes its way to the downstream rivers. Our work relies on precise and accurate weather measurements. However, obtaining weather measurements in these harsh mountain landscapes is complicated: snow buries the stations, rime blocks the instruments and the constant cold drains the batteries. Constant maintenance, determination and a capacity to work with cold fingers and frozen electronics are essentials to successfully collect weather information in the winter! (Caroline Aubry-Wake/PhD student in hydrology) Funder: Global Water Futures