Western Snow Conference

Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Western Snow Conference

April 16-18, 1985

Boulder, Colorado

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Introductory Materials

Cover Page

Title Page

Table of Contents

Executive Meeting Minutes

Business Meeting Minutes

Meeting Attendees

Papers

Remote Sensing by Event and Satellite Hydromet Stations:  Present and Anticipated Utilization in Water Supply and Snow Melt Forecasting

Baird, G.H.

 

Acidic Deposition and Snowpack Chemistry at a Sierra Nevada Site

Berg, N. and S. Woo

 

A Simulation Model of Boulder’s Alpine Water Supply

Brendecke, C.M., and J.G. Sweeten

 

Determining Variability of Snow Accumulation and Ablation on Western Rangelands

Cooley, K.R. and D.C. Robertson

 

Accuracy of Hydrologic Forecasts

Dracup, J.A., D.L. Haynes, and S.D. Abramson

 

Windy Gap Project Streamflow Forecasting

Eckhardt, J.R., and C.F. Leaf, and D. Baker

 

pH of Mountain Snowfall in Montana 1981-1984

Farnes, P.E.

 

A Comparison of Melt Rate Methods Used in Forecasting Runoff from an Alberta Mountain Environment

Ferner, S. and J. Wigham

 

Stochastic Models for Forecasting Snowmelt Runoff

Haltiner, J.P. and J.D. Salas

 

Model Studies of Snowdrifts Formed by Livestock Shelters and Pond Embankments

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

 

The Redistribution and Sublimation Loss of the Snowpack in the Alpine Watershed

James, E.D. and C.M. Brendecke

 

Temperature Indices of Snowmelt during Rainfall

Kattelmann, R.

 

Snowpack Chemistry in South Central British Columbia

Kotturi, M.S. and R.P. Richards

 

Five Snowmelt Models:  A Comparison of Prediction Accuracy

McGurk, B.J.

 

Basin Division and Snowmelt Discharge in an Alpine Basin

Michaels, P.S.

 

Rainfall and Snowmelt Frequency in an Alpine Watershed

Payton, E.A. and C.M. Brendecke

 

Results of the Snowmelt-Runoff Model in an International Test

Rango, A.

 

Methodology for Establishing Ground Snow Loads

Sack, R.L. and A. Sheikh-Taheri

 

Stochastic Transfer Function Time-Series Modeling of Suspended Sediment Concentrations as a Function of Streamflow

Salway, A.A.

 

Temporal Variations in Runoff from an Alpine Snowfield

Sarantitis, B.

 

Analysis of Water Supply Forecast Accuracy

Schaake, Jr. J.C. and E.L. Peck

 

Ablation Rates of Snow Fence Drifts at 2300-Meters Elevation in Wyoming

Tabler, R.D.

 

Probability Distributions of Rain on Snow for Northern Central Oregon

Zuzel, J.F. and R.N. Greenwalt