{"id":44,"date":"2015-01-26T18:22:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2017-03-15T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:03:06","slug":"sccsnowcam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/sccsnowcam\/","title":{"rendered":"The SCC Snow Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever a major weather event is expected to hit the Central NJ area, the ALEX SnowCam is put into service so that those interested can see how the Rutgers campus is faring. The snowcam last captured images for a storm which hit the area on March 14, 2017. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t quite the blizzard everyone said it would be, but we&#8217;re combing through the captured images now to see if they are interesting enough for a time lapse.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime: The SCC SnowCam\u00a0captured images of a storm which\u00a0hit the area between January 22-24, 2016. \u00a0Here is a 48-hour time-lapse of the storm&#8217;s progression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hw79byi_a7c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>When a winter storm is imminent in Central New Jersey, this page hosts a live (within 2 minutes) image of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/College+Ave+%26+Senior+St,+Rutgers\u2013New+Brunswick,+New+Brunswick,+NJ+08901\/@40.5040008,-74.452704,17z\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0corner of College Avenue and Senior Street in New Brunswick, NJ<\/a>\u00a0as seen from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.rutgers.edu\/scc\" target=\"_blank\">Scholarly Communication Center<\/a>, Alexander Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/about-the-snowcam\/\">Information about the snowcam setup is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Current weather conditions for the SnowCam coverage area:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"forecast_embed\" src=\"http:\/\/forecast.io\/embed\/#lat=40.5040008&amp;lon=-74.452704&amp;name=Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"245\" frameborder=\"0\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the winter storm of January 26-27, 2015,\u00a0the camera recorded a total of 1,361 images over a 48-hour period. It captured images of the storm&#8217;s progression, and of life on the campus during the storm &#8211; from bustling, to quiet and desolate, to signs of life as the snow melted away.<\/p>\n<p>The storm turned out not to be severe as predicted,\u00a0but still proved to be a good demo of a setup for both showing live conditions, and gain data for a time-lapse storm progression.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a time lapse movie of the January 26-27, 2015 winter storm:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1XVBaGdjLyw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever a major weather event is expected to hit the Central NJ area, the ALEX SnowCam is put into service so that those interested can see how the Rutgers campus is faring. The snowcam last captured images for a storm which hit the area on March 14, 2017. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t quite the blizzard everyone said &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/sccsnowcam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The SCC Snow Camera<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2qgNS-I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/odin.rutgers.edu\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}