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Applications systems verification and transfer project. volume 7: cost/benefit analysis for the asvt on operational applications of satellite snow-cover observations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Newman, P. Lloyd, D. Loats, H. Castruccio, P. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | The results of the OASSO ASVT's were used to estimate the benefits accruing from the added information available from satellite snowcover area measurement. Estimates of the improvement in runoff prediction due to addition of SATSCAM were made by the Colorado ASVT personnel. The improvement estimate is 6-10%. Data were applied to subregions covering the Western States snow area amended by information from the ASVT and other watershed experts to exclude areas which are not impacted by snowmelt runoff. Benefit models were developed for irrigation and hydroenergy uses. The benefit/cost ratio is 72:1. Since only two major benefit contributors were used and since the forecast improvement estimate does not take into account future satellite capabilities these estimates are considered to be conservative. The large magnitude of the benefit/cost ratio supports the utility and applicability of SATSCAM. |
| File Size | 9241420 |
| Page Count | 248 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820012749 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t22c3v10p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Aerial Reconnaissance Hydrology Water Management Cost Estimates Water Runoff Surface Water Photointerpretation Snow Cover Cost Analysis 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 |