Western Snow Conference
Proceedings of the 61st Annual Western Snow Conference
June 8-10, 1993
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Introductory Materials
Eastern Snow Conference Officers
Western Snow Conference Officers
The General Chairperson's Page
Executive Meeting Minutes (Not included this year)
Business Meeting Minutes (Not included this year)
Meeting Attendees (Not included this year)
Session Papers
Snow and Ice in the Publications of the Canadian Institute, 1852-1914
Adams, P.
Snowpack Stratigraphy Evolution at Forested and Open Sites
Albert, M.R. and J.P. Hardy
An Approach to Assessing Changes in Snow Cover: An Example for the Former Soviet Union
Barry, R.G., R.L. Armstrong, and A.N. Krenke
Mesoscale Atmosphere Icing Event, March 1991
Bates, R.E., J.E. Fiori, D.J. Fisk, and B.G. Harrington
Distribution and Abundance of Microbial Biomass in Rocky Mountain Spring Snowpacks
Brooks, P.D., S.K. Schmidt, R. Sommerfield, and R. Musselman
Recent Observed Trends and Modelled Interannual Variability in Canadian Snow Cover
Brown, R.D. and B.E. Goodison
Groundwater Temperatures during the Winter in a Forested Basin
Calkins, D.J.
Carroll, S.S. and T.R. Carroll
Measuring Alpine Snow Depths by Digital Photogrammetry: Part 1. Conjugate Point Identification
Cline, D.W.
Aerosol Scavenging by Falling Snow
Cragin J.H. and A.D. Hewitt
Davis, R.E., K. Elder, W. Rosenthal, J. Sickman, and J. Melack.
Can Avalanche Activity Alter the Pattern of Snowmelt Runoff from High-Mountain Basins?
De Scally, F.A.
Devarennes, G.
Estimating Localized SWE on the Yellowstone Northern Range
Farnes, P.E. and W.H. Romme
Frei, A. and D.A. Robinson
River Ice Conditions Determined from ERS-1 SAR
Gatto, L.W.
Disaggregation Models of Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts
Grygier, J. J.R. Stedinger, Hongbing Yin, and G. Freeman
Snowdrift Modeling in the CRREL Wind Tunnel
Haehnel, R.B., Cpt. J.H. Wilkinson, and J.H. Lever
Analysis of Visible and Microwave Satellite Data for Snow Mapping in Alaska
Hall, D.K., C.S. Benson, and J.Y.L. Chien
Snowmelt-Induced Slushflows, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada
Hardy, D.R.
The Permeability of Temperature Snow: Preliminary Links to Microstructure
Hardy, J.P. and D.G. Albert
Examining the Influence of Snow Cover on Morning Air Temperature
Hogan, A. and M. Ferrick
Snow Algae and Other Microbes in Several Alpine Areas in New England
Hoham, R.W., B. Duval, A.E. Laursen, and S.O. Clive
Snow Cover Variability in the Great Plains of the United States: 1910 -1988
Huges, M.G. and D.A. Robinson
Southern Michigan’s Snow Belt: Modelled Impacts on Soil Temperatures and Freezing
Isard, S.A. and R.J. Schaetzl
Jones, H.G., J.W. Pomeroy, T.D. Davies, P. Marsh, and M. Tranter
Jones, R.A.
FMCW Radar Investigation of Snow Pack Evolution
Koh, G.
Leathers, D.J. and A.W. Ellis
The Impact of Heterogeneous Flow Paths on Snowmelt Runoff Chemistry
Marsh, P. and J.W. Pomeroy
An Icing Study for a Future Suspended Bridge at Montmorency Falls
McComber, P. and A. Paradis
McGurk, B.J., N.H. Berg, and R.C. Kattelmann
Gridded Snow Water Equivalent Estimation Using Ground-Based and Airborne Snow Data
McManamon, A., T.L. Szeliga, R.K. Hartmen, G.N. Day, and R.T. Carroll
Mergen, B.
Snow Depth Mapping in Mongolia
Norton, D.C., S.J. Bolsenga, and M. Badarch
Cost Analysis of Snow Control Structures in Ontario
Perchanok M.S. and A. Bacchus
Hydrogeochemistry of Snowmelt at Rabbit Ears Pass, Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Peters N.E. and G.H. Leavesley
Honor Paper Award: The Use of Fractal Geometry in Modeling Intercepted Snow Accumulation and Sublimation
Pomeroy, J.W. and R.A. Schmidt
Proposed Artificial River Ice Damming to Induce Flooding of a Delta Ecosystem
Prowse, T.D., M.N. Demuth, and M. Peterson
The Developing Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Snow Cover Algorithm
Riggs, G., D. Hall, V. Salomonson, and J. Baker
Associations between Snow Cover Extent and Surface Air Temperature over North America
Robinson, D.A. and D.J. Leathers
Interactive Calibration for the SSARR Watershed Model
Rockwood, D.M. and D.W. Kuehl
Improving Estimates of Snowpack Water Equivalent Using Double Sampling
Rovansek, R.J., D.L. Kane, and L.D. Hinzman
An Automated Quality Control Procedure for the “Water Equivalent of Snow on the Ground” Measurement
Schmidlin, T.W., D.S. Wilks, and R.P. Cember
Seglenieks, F., J.R. Donald, E.E. Soulis, and N. Kouwen
Shook, K, D.M. Gray, and J.W. Pomeroy
Stress Analysis of a Proposed Tunnel Under the South Pole Skiway
Sodhi, D.S., J.H. Rand, and W. Tobiasson
Seasonal Snowfall Totals to 1992-1993 from 1884-1885 for Oswego, New York
Sykes, Jr. R.B.
Selection of the Winter Representative Precipitation Station Within a Basin
Takenouchi, T.
Partitioning the Deposition of Winter Snowfall as a Function of Aspect on Forested Slopes
Troendle, C.A., R.A. Schmidt, and M.H. Martinez
Hierarchic Studies of Snow-Ecosystem Interactions: A 100-Year Snow-Alteration Experiment
Walker, D.A., W.B. Krantz, E.E. Lewis, E.T. Price, and R.D. Tabler
Snowpack Storage and Release of Nitrogen in the Emerald Lake Watershed, Sierra Nevada
Williams, M.W.
“True Snowfall:” An Evaluation of the Double Fence Intercomparison Reference Gauge
Yang, D., J.R. Metcalfe, B.E. Goodison, and E. Mekis
Sno Foo and El Farsante Awards