A photographic snow survey method of forecasting runoff

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TitleA photographic snow survey method of forecasting runoff
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference1944
AuthorsPotts, H. L.
Conference Name12th Annual Western Interstate Snow Survey Conference
Series TitleProceedings of the 12th Annual Western Interstate Snow Survey Conference
Date PublishedFebruary 1944
PublisherAmerican Geophysical Union, Transactions, Part I:
Conference LocationBerkeley, California
KeywordsPhotographic snow cover area, Water supply forecasting
Abstract

Photographs were taken of the snow cover on a section of the Continental Divide near Hoosier Pass at the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Platte River, beginning in the spring of 1934. The same section of each photograph was covered with a transparent template of cross section paper to calculate the percent of the area covered with snow. The data of a 10-year period indicate that predictions of total streamflow can be made from a photograph taken on May 1.