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Applications systems verification and transfer project. volume 3: operational applications of satellite snow cover observations in california
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hannaford, J. F. Brown, A. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Five southern Sierra snowmelt basins and two northern Sierra-Southern Cascade snowmelt basins were used to evaluate the effect on operational water supply forecasting from satellite imagery. Manual photointerpretation techniques were used to obtain SCA and equivalent snow line for the years 1973 to 1979 for the seven test basins using LANDSAT imagery and GOES imagery. The use of SCA was tested operationally in 1977-79. Results indicate the addition of SCA improve the water supply forecasts during the snowmelt phase for these basins where there may be an unusual distribution of snowpack throughout the basin, or where there is a limited amount of real time data available. A high correlation to runoff was obtained when SCA was combined with snow water content data obtained from reporting snow sensors. |
| File Size | 2942587 |
| Page Count | 73 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820012745 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t87h6dm0n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Aerial Reconnaissance Hydrology Water Runoff Surface Water Photointerpretation California Snow Cover Forecasting Satellite-borne Photography Ground Water Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
