Western Snow Conference

Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Western Snow Conference

April 17-19, 1984

Sun Valley, Idaho

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Introductory Materials

Cover Page

Title Page

Table of Contents

Executive Meeting Minutes

Business Meeting Minutes

Meeting Attendees

Papers

A Snow Capacitance Instrument for the In-situ Measurement of Snow Wetness

Bergman, J.A.

 

Making Observations and Models Agree in Spring Snowmelt Forecasting

Bissell, V.C. and C.E. Orwig

 

The Impact of Automated Hydrometeorological Instrumentation upon Data Quality for the Feather River Basin, California

Buer, S.M., J.D. Spence, and J.W. Marchant

 

The Transition from Manual to Automated Systems for Acquiring Snow Data

Crook, A.G. and R.H. McCuen

 

The Use of Data Logging Systems in Snow Hydrology

Cundy, T.W

 

Influences of Snow Persistence on Subalpine Forest Regeneration in Small Gaps, Colorado Front Range

Daly, C

 

Micrometeorological Measurements and Instrumentation to Support Remote Sensing Observations of an Alpine Snowcover

Davis, R.E., J. Dozier, and D. Marks

 

Predicting Time of Peak Snowmelt Runoff from Snow Pillow Data

Farnes, P.E.

 

Does Your Snow Sampler Overmeasure?

Farnes, P.E. and R.P. Richards

 

An Inexpensive Remote Snow-Depth Gauge:  An Assessment

Goodison, B., B. Wilson, K. Wu, and J. Metcalfe

 

Portable Ten-Meter Instrument Mast

Jairell, R.L., R.D. Tabler, and R.A. Schmidt

 

Snowmelt Lysimeters:  Design and Use

Kattelmann, R.C.

 

Measurements of Frost Depth

McCool, D.K. and M. Molnau

 

Dilution Method for Measuring Liquid Water in Snow

Perla, R. and E.R. LaChapelle

 

Snow Accumulation, Melt and Soil Moisture Recharge Under Various Lodgepole Pine Stand Densities in Western Montana

Potts, D.F.

 

Snow Pillow Overloading by Slope Induced Creep

Richards, R.P.

 

Analysis of 1983 Snowmelt Runoff Production in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Schafer, B.A., D.T. Jensen, and K.C. Jones

 

Swiss Improvements of the FMCW Radar for Snow Measurements

Schmidt, R.A., H. Gubler, and M. Hiller

 

Laser Discrimination Between Rain and Snow

Strachan, J.W., B.J. McGurk, and N.H. Berg

 

The Development of an Automatic Weather Station for Cold Regions

Strangeways, I.

 

Hydrometeorological Instrumentation & Automation-Past Performance, Present Utilization, and Future Directions

Strauss, F.A.

 

Comparison of Precipitation as Measured in Gages Protected by a Modified Alter Shield, Wyoming Shield and Stand of Trees

Sturges, D.L.

 

Options for Harvesting Timber to Control Snowpack Accumulation

Troendle, C.A. and J.R. Meiman

 

Evaluation of the Isotopic Snow Measurement Gage

Wheeler, P.O. and D.J. Huffman

 

A Large, Adjustable Tipping Bucket Gauge for Measuring Snowmelt

Wilford, D.J.