Benefits of snow surveying

Submitted by Armida on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 16:51

Title	Benefits of snow surveying
Publication Type	Conference Proceedings
Year of Conference	1951
Authors	Clyde, G. D., and Houston C. E.
Conference Name	19th Annual Western Snow Conference
Series Title	Proceedings of the 19th Annual Western Snow Conference
Date Published	April 1951
Publisher	Western Snow Conference
Conference Location	Victoria, British Columbia
Keywords	Economics, Snow survey benefits, Snow survey economics
Abstract	Several examples are used to show the benefits derived from the work being conducted by the Soil conservation service in the Federal-State-Private Cooperative snow surveys and irrigation water forecasting. Nearly 200 different organizations participate in the program through the contributed funds, labor or data. The method used by the Soil Conservation service to measure the water in the snow storage reservoir for establishing a relation between snow cover and runoff is explained. Typical benefits derived from the use of snow surveys and streamflow forecasts are cited, such as reservoirs operated for irrigation, hydroelectric power, flood control, recreation and other beneficial conservation uses are shown.Discussion by W.A. Lang, J.R. Riter, F.B. Blanchard and G.W. Templeton.

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