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Applications systems verification and transfer project. volume 4: operational applications of satellite snow cover observations. colorado field test center
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Moravec, G. F. Leaf, C. F. Danielson, J. A. Shafer, B. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | The study was conducted on six watersheds ranging in size from 277 km to 3460 km in the Rio Grande and Arkansas River basins of southwestern Colorado. Six years of satellite data in the period 1973-78 were analyzed and snowcover maps prepared for all available image dates. Seven snowmapping techniques were explored; the photointerpretative method was selected as the most accurate. Three schemes to forecast snowmelt runoff employing satellite snowcover observations were investigated. They included a conceptual hydrologic model, a statistical model, and a graphical method. A reduction of 10% in the current average forecast error is estimated when snowcover data in snowmelt runoff forecasting is shown to be extremely promising. Inability to obtain repetitive coverage due to the 18 day cycle of LANDSAT, the occurrence of cloud cover and slow image delivery are obstacles to the immediate implementation of satellite derived snowcover in operational streamflow forecasting programs. |
| File Size | 3841772 |
| Page Count | 103 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820012746 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3324rr6m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Aerial Reconnaissance Hydrology Water Management Water Runoff Colorado Surface Water Watersheds Photointerpretation Snow Cover Forecasting Satellite-borne Photography Ground Water Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |