Applying the National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS) interactive forecast program to basins in Northwest Washington

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TitleApplying the National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS) interactive forecast program to basins in Northwest Washington
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference1996
AuthorsLaurine, D., Hughes S., Younger M., and Orwig C.
Conference Name64th Annual Western Snow Conference
Series TitleProceedings of the 64th Annual Western Snow Conference
Date PublishedApril 1996
PublisherWestern Snow Conference
Conference LocationBend, Oregon
KeywordsForecasting, Models, NWSRFS
Abstract

The Northwest River Forecast Center has, during the past year, completed calibrating the National Weather Service River Forecast (NWSRFS) model in Northwest Washington. The next step in the process was to set the calibrated river basins up for the Interactive Forecast Program (IFP). This task requires defining headwater basins, routing reaches, reservoirs and downstream forecast points in the manner IFP demands. The IFP was run real-time during the 1995-96 winter forecast season. This paper will summarize the results of the model application in a complicated rain on snow environment. We will also present model enhancements resultant from this real-time test of the IFP .
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